Got home from work yesterday and jacked the rear of the car up and put it on jack stands. Started inspecting the motor from underneath and above the motor. There is a good amount of oil on the bottom of the engine and trans. There is also a lot of old caked oil and dirt all over the inside of the rt. rear wheel well, essentiall all over the oil tank. I pulled off the air filter and on the engine or clean side found a nasty little mess: OIL! So I drained the oil from the engine case filtering it through my fingers trying to find any engine parts. I didn't find any parts.
I had the same symptoms when my 1985 Kawasaki GPz 550 burnt a hole through the top of a piston. Which I just finished rebuilding a year ago.
If the engine had broken parts in it could they make their way to the oil tank?
What step should I take next?
I tried to pull the spark plugs, but this was near impossible without knowing what size socket to use (no manual yet), and even then I don't see any easy way to do this.
Is it time to pull the engine?
Here are some quick pics I took of the car, engine, and oil inside the intake.
