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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DaBoss" data-source="post: 1050466" data-attributes="member: 74989"><p>Aloha Dillard000- well some good news and tough news for me. My mechanic found the leak, it was on the upper oil pan gasket, cleaned things well, put it in. There didn't seem to be any leaks on the lower oil pan but since we were there and I had the gasket, it was done with the new Fumoto drain plug. My mech found pieces in the bottom of the lower oil pan. They look plastic and a couple of metal ones. When everything was put back together, it fired up like usual, very strong, quiet. But he's concerned and I understand. My truck has 170K on it. He said he does not know if the broken parts are from the front or the rear. He said there are multiple timing chains for my 4.0L SOHC V6 engine. He said one would have to drop the engine in order to chain out the timing chains, pieces. He's trying to figure out if that is worth it, meaning getting a timing chain kit with water pump, gaskets, etc or is it more cost effective to get a reman engine or a used low mileage engine and swap it out? Any advice would be much appreciated. Its been a very good vehicle for me, I hope I can keep it going. Mahalo!</p></blockquote><p></p>