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pudding:
Oh no! I guess that confirms it. I like parmesan shavings, but not bearing shavings  :confused:

It's a tough call regarding what to do.  Repair it to make do, or repair it to last and get more out of it.  Neither is going to be especially cheap, least of all the CDL option, but in for a penny, in for a pound. Depends on your long term plans I guess.

OllieVRS:
Personally I've pulled a big chunk of metal out of my engine and it's still running to this day. I changed the connecting rod bearings (in situ) but the metal chunk wasn't from them. Still a mystery.

If you haven't already ordered a replacement engine I still recommend doing an oil pressure test, you don't need a whole in-cabin oil pressure gauge setup, just a cheap test kit from Amazon to screw in directly into the engine. Your engine may still be fine, provided nothing else is obviously wrong (audibly or visually).

This is the 1cm long shard I found in my sump in Aug 2021, after low oil pressure:



There's still a little hope  :happy2:

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