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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 10:51 PM
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DROPPED something in my Motor :(

Well I decided to do the intake manifod leak this weekend , and somehow i dropped something into the passenger side head maybe fell down injector hole..
And I didnt know until i started the car and hear knocking but its in the head, I think something is holding the valve open causing it to knock....

Should I just pull the passenger side head and see if any valves are bent?
or try to get it out of the head thru the intake ports, Ive got this flexible camera thing to see thru the ports tommorow.. How long will to take to pull the passenger side head?
Old Feb 5, 2006 | 10:53 PM
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Re: DROPPED something in my Motor :(

pull the intake see what you can...then if you have to pull the head...passenger side...take a mayb hour and a half after u get the intake off
Old Feb 5, 2006 | 10:57 PM
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Re: DROPPED something in my Motor :(

I have gotten the intake off, going to try to do what I can do tommorow without pulling the head... figures I have a good job offer and my ride is down
Old Feb 5, 2006 | 11:05 PM
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Re: DROPPED something in my Motor :(

I did something similar once, I can't what tool I dropped, but it disappeared somewhere in the engine bay. On the highway later that day I heard something clank out from underneath my car.

I know the feeling but your in a much worse situation then I was! Best of luck.
Old Feb 6, 2006 | 07:46 AM
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Depending on what you dropped in there, you may be looking at a full rebuild. Sorry.
It only takes a second to destroy a head, piston, rod, cylinder wall...
Old Feb 6, 2006 | 09:07 AM
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Re: DROPPED something in my Motor :(

Pull the head. Whatever got dropped is probably lodged in the top of the piston or head. Good luck, I've been there. A few years ago I had a fault TB airfoil come apart and a piece got sucked in. It was a very small part and didn't score the cylinder walls, but I still replaced a piston and had to do some cleanup on the head. If the object is big enough, it could ruin the rod, score the walls, etc.
Old Feb 6, 2006 | 11:47 AM
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Re: DROPPED something in my Motor :(

Originally Posted by shoebox
Depending on what you dropped in there, you may be looking at a full rebuild. Sorry.
It only takes a second to destroy a head, piston, rod, cylinder wall...
Well I never moved the car and it did not rev the car it was just idleing , I have good oil pressure too.. Im thinking it might not be metal that fell in could be anything though, I hope I got lucky
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