Bad NewsFlakes of Gold in the oil? Thats sounds like rod bearings to me. Possibly Main bearings. I definetly would check the bearings if I seen that. I lost a motor because of an oil pump and that is what it did to it. HTH Masun Dixon 78 Scirocco -- Email LIST problems to: scirocco-l-probs@scirocco.org. To unsubscibe send "unsubscribe scirocco-l" in the message to majordomo@scirocco.org