The "What is it and where did it come from game"
 

This came out with my magnetic drain plug today. Best guess is casting flash off the block. But the engine has 100k on it and like 15+ track days. Kind of weird for it to be dropping off now.

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steel?

Its magnetic.

Block booger.

the extra metal that made it 1.6

it's grown into a 1.8 man now

:dealwithit:

I had tons of that type of stuff in my block when I built it. I ground it all out though.

No fracture point. It looks the same on all sides. its kinda weird that it fell of finally.

Glad I had the magnet, though it probably wouldn't fit through the screen.

You should think about investing in some moisturizing cream for those hands. I personally like the Neutrogena "Norwegian fisherman use this shit on the north sea in January, and it keeps them silky smooth" formula.

Hand Cream - Original | NEUTROGENA®

It's reasonably priced, not terribly greasy, and works as advertised. Your domestic partner will thank you.

Or dish gloves. Dish soap does a number on my hands and makes my eczema fire up.

I'm more of an "O'Keeffes Working Hands" guy.

hand cream?

you should introduce him to soap first

Clean hands are overrated. I work on my car like 8 times a day. They get dirty every time.

How do we get a linus smiley up in here.

I'm bringing gloves and hand sanitizer to MRLS :giggle:

Only on MT.net, when asking about a random glob of magnetic steel, you get advice about moisturizer. :party:

Could be steel or cast iron, though

The original message I replied to was "piston". To which I replied magnetic.

Gotcha, missed that question edit.

I replaced my magnetic plug with a plug broached and threaded for a 1/8NPT temp sender. This thread makes me a tiny bit nervous.

Crush it up into bits, add it to some fresh oil, then send it to blackstone and see how they react :)

I should just send it in complete.

There could have been more of these, i haven't searched through my old oil.

the 1.6 is trying to tell you something