I.D. strange object found on ground
 

anyone know what this is? i found it in a parking lot. it smelled of fuel.
its quite heavy. one end is sealed off. the other end, which you can see in the photo, has a spring loaded core. there is a small hole in the side

im guessing its off a car but i really have no clue. any ideas?



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Looks like a hydraulic lifter to me.

Don't touch it !! It could cause "pushroditits". No known cure!

damn! your right
i searched hydraulic lifter and found the exact same thing
http://www.mondellotwister.com/HL-230-921.gif

wonder how it got on the ground

thanks. ive been wondering for 2 years now

yep

+1 But if you found in in a parking lot someone has a HUGE problem!

Go back to the parking lot and see if theres an Oldsmobile that's been sitting there for two years. :D

lol, definitely not good news when one of those makes it way out of your engine!

it definitely was not new. it smelled of gas and was sorta lying under the back end of a car. i spotted it and grabbed it and because of the fuel smell, thought might be some sort of fuel injector component. i dont know much about the internals of engines but seems like an odd thing to fall out of the engine...unless someone had been doing engine work and just ditched it

thanks guys. it makes a nifty paperweight so ill keep it

It's a piston return spring off of a 64 valiant.

Muffler bearing.

mudvalve repacker.

Nuclear device...do ya glow in the dark?

i do glow in the dark sometimes yes