Look what I found! (In my oil pan)

[omgkilledkenny]

My wife cracked her oil pan the other day so while waiting for the new one to come in (Meyle brand from mjmautohaus.com) I decided to take the old one off. Any thoughts about what this could be? It feels and sounds like metal and won't be picked up by a magnet so I assume it's aluminum, but it could be hard plastic. It appears that it used to be round in shape, maybe some sort of gasket or guide? The bottom two pictures are of the largest piece.








Whatever you guys think would be helpful.
Also, if anyone wants a DIY for how to change the oil pan or spark plugs lemme know, it seems pretty straightforward though.

edit: fixed the pics

[ThatsNumberwang]

Your pics didn't come through.

Anyway, finding random chunks inside the engine doesn't sound good. Could it be something that broke free when the oil pan was cracked?

[omgkilledkenny]

Your pics didn't come through.

Anyway, finding random chunks inside the engine doesn't sound good. Could it be something that broke free when the oil pan was cracked?

It's possible, it looks like the piece got ground up by some sort of moving part and then spat into the oil pan. Hopefully whatever part that was wasn't too important.

[john prusinski]

i could see it being part of the oil pan. the oil pan is aluminun so maybe.

[omgkilledkenny]

i could see it being part of the oil pan. the oil pan is aluminun so maybe.

There's nothing missing off the oil pan though. I guess I'll just hope it's nothing serious and if I ever do anything to the engine I'll find out. haha

[bryanvr6]

i had a saab that i found a bunch of metal junk in the oil pan
ran good for years after i found it
hope you have the same luck

[ytqm]

I think its probably remnants of the dipstick tube that might have been replaced at one time and broken off

[fowvaydriver]

i second that.