Aluminum shavings possibly in crankcase!

[bledt]

I was swapping engines in my 1996 Speedster and the engine that came out of my 97 speedster parts boat was a single carb 787. I was swapping rotary valve covers, and chased the threads with a tap that hold the cover on. After I finished, i realized one of the bolt holes for the cover apparently goes all the way through into the crankcase!!

Should I worry about the little bit of shavings that may have possibly entered the crankcase? I think so. How should I now go about making sure the shavings are removed?

 

[mikidymac]

IF the holes go all the way into the crankcase just mix a little premix in a bottle and squirt some into the intake port and it will wash it out through the hole.

 

[NIL8er]

if you used the right size tap shouldnt be any shavings, maybe some leftover loctight and maybe micro scopic alluminum . Depends on how aggressively you ran the tap through also>

 

[bledt]

if you used the right size tap shouldnt be any shavings, maybe some leftover loctight and maybe micro scopic alluminum . Depends on how aggressively you ran the tap through also>

Your probably right. There was a little bit of very fine shaving and junk on the tap when I finished all four holes. I think I'm just going to vacuum the area behind the hole with a piece of tubing and blow out the crankcase with air.