1997 CHEVY CAMARO Z28 LT1

LAST NIGHT I WAS WORKING ON THE INJECTORS AND THE FUEL RAILS WHEN ONE OF THE MOUNTING SCREWS FOR THE TOP FUEL LINE FELL IN THE 2ND LEFT HAND SIDE PORT !! I CANT SEE THE SCREW NOW AND CANT GET IT OUT WITH A MAGNET ?? WHERE DOES THE PORT LEAD TO AND WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE THE EASIEST WAY TO GET IT OUT ?? I NEED HELP AND QUICK !! SOMEONE PLEASE , ANY SUGGESTION WOULD HELP !!

THANKS

 

Don't turn turn over the engine or even move the crank at all. If you cannot locate that screw with a magnet, you are going to have to begin to disassemble the engine, starting with the intake. Maybe after it is off, you can find it. It may have traveled down into the head or is sitting in the intake plenum. You risk catastrophic damage if you start the car. Even turning it by hand could jam the screw into something and cause damage, depending on where it is.

 

I THOUGHT SO !! I STARTED TO TEAR THE INTAKE MANIFOLD OFF BUT DECIDE TO WAIT UNTIL I HAD A LITTLE MORE TIME AND DAY LIGHT SINCE IT WAS ALREADY ABOUT 10 PM BY THE TIME I SAID THE HELL WITH IT !!IS THE ANY EASIER WAY TO GET IT BESIDE TAKING THE IN TAKE OFF ?? MAYBE THOUGHT EXAUST MANIFOLD ??? OR THOUGH SPARK PLUG PORT ?? OR ANYTHING THING ELSE YOU CAN THINK OF ??

 

If you dropped it down the injector boss it is probaly sitting in the head on the top of the intake valve. You are going to have to take the intake off. Hate to be the bearer of bad news. The intake is relitively easy to get on and off though. Takes me about 1.5-2 hours to get it off and back on.

Dan

 

No way it is going to be on the exhaust side. If you are lucky, the intake valve is closed. If it is open, the screw could have traveled down into the cylinder. It might be possible to retrieve it through the spark plug hole if that is the case, but you would need a flexible magnet to try to find it. If you cannot locate it, the head will have to come off.

 

I FIGURED AS MUCH THAT I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE INTAKE OF TO GET TO IT BUT WAS SEEING IF ANYONE ELSE HAD ANY OTHER IDEAS BEFORE TEARING MY INTAKE OFF !! THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP

DOES ANY ONE KNOW OF A GOOD WEB SITE ONLINE THAT SHOWS LIKE A DIAGRAM OF THE ENGINE THOUGH VARIOUS STAGES OF TEAR DOWN ?? OR MAYBE A BLUEPRINT OF AN ENGINE LAY OUT ??

ANY SUGGESTION ON WIRE AND PLUGS TO GO WITH ?? RELITIVLY CHEAP BUT THE BEST FOR THE MONEY ??

ANY HELP I GLADLY APPRECIATE AND THANK !! THANKS AGAIN