metal in oil pan

Wow, that water pump and timing cover had a meeting that didn`t go so well! Was the car in an accident? Your timing cover is going to need replacing on account of corrosion regardless, do you have another? It still looks to me like someone removed the timing cover crank seal by driving it into the engine with a screwdriver or something. Are all the pieces you pulled out of the oil pan metal, have you tried a magnet on them? If the part is a piston ring there should be some serious damage to the cylinder walls. I`ve seen broken rings on pistons but they`ve stayed in place until the pistons were removed. With the pictures you`ve supplied I don`t see any major catastrophes. Besides something like the seal in the timing cover ,I`m at a loss. Is there a member in or around Santa Clara, Ca. that can help out sublimeswinger?