General engine questions/issues that aren't specific to the other categories
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By marvinp8700
#75695 could be a number of things
runnin it out of oil
poor assembly
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By asianrob
#75696 also debris
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By Josiah
#75701 i did find alot of gold paint inside the oil pan and valve cover, the last ownr painted the valve cover gold, and it chipped off everywhere....
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By d-mon
#76161 its possible that a paint chip or some other debris got sucked into an oil passage and blocked it, leaving the bearing 'dry'.

most common way to spin a bearing in a d16 is rev it hard when oil is low.
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By Josiah
#76330 that makes alot of sense. since there was so much paint inthere, thanx dude.