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YOUR RESEARCHemergency help from the engine gurus FIXED THANKS!
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On my '86 I was checking the oil for the 1st time.
emergency help from the engine gurus FIXED THANKS!
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I once dropped a valve into the cylinder on another car while replacing the valve stem seals.
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Use magnet
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I couldn't get that bolt closest to the alternator out, so I tried to lift the tube out with the bolt in place, rather than use a magnet, which is what I should have done, and I'm 99% sure it fell in.
emergency help from the engine gurus FIXED THANKS!
Use strong small diameter snap
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I thought I was doomed but was able to pull the valve thru the valve guide using a strong small diameter Snap On magnet.
emergency help from the engine gurus FIXED THANKS!
Use magnet
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I couldn't get that bolt closest to the alternator out, so I tried to lift the tube out with the bolt in place, rather than use a magnet, which is what I should have done, and I'm 99% sure it fell in.
emergency help from the engine gurus FIXED THANKS!
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It looks like I dropped the 10mm bolt that holds the oil filler neck into the opening that the filler goes to. STUPID STUPID STUPID I KNOW. I couldn't get that bolt closest to the alternator out, so I tried to lift the tube out with the bolt in place, rather than use a magnet, which is what I should have done, and I'm 99% sure it fell in. What are my options at this point? I'm going to go get a small round superpowerful magnet on the longest extension I can find, and try to fish in the oil I can barely see. What are my chances, any ideas? I will **** a brick if I have to have the car towed and the engine pulled for this stupid mistake. HELP!
Good to hear. I once dropped a valve into the cylinder on another car while replacing the valve stem seals. I thought I was doomed but was able to pull the valve thru the valve guide using a strong small diameter Snap On magnet.
I think you would have been fine. There should be a screen internally that keeps out debris. On my '86 I was checking the oil for the 1st time. The fine Germans decided to locate the dip stick inside the filler tube. After checking I put the dip stick back and I missed the tiny tube it was designed to sit in and it went straight down the bigger fill tube and I FREAKED. I called around and found a mechanic. He took the oil sump out and cleaned it. Found 3 dipsticks in there...
It does have some sort of screen. In trying to get an oil sample for analysis my 1/4" tubing would go about 20" in, then be stopped. Got the sample through the dip stick tube.
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