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I tried to change out the sparkplug seal tube and I broke the tube. Now some pieces of the tube are inside the valve cover. What do I do? I can't drive it to the shop now. Please help me. Thanks
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POST 2Original post
A shop vac with some 1/2" plastic tubing duct taped to the end of the vac hose will give you a very slender suction tube you may be able to use to fish out the broken plastic pieces.
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You can get a relatively inexpensive USB camera endoscope camera to take a look inside. It may not make the turn through the opening but some come with a 90 and 45 deg mirror attachment...they work really well.
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This one is pretty simple your effed. The valve cover must come off to clean out the debris. You want to risk a chunk of plastic jamming a valve and doing more damage. Get the valve cover off it and flushed out. Collect all the pieces to reconstruct the tube to ensure you have it all.
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