Dropped something into my engine.
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Dropped something into my engine.
Yeah... this is the worst thing I've ever done. Today I was installing my new flowforce injectors and they come with these tiny fuel filers. Long story short one of those popped out and fell directly into the injector hole on the head. So that little filter is either sitting on an intake valve or (please no) in the combustion chamber of cylinder 1.
Tomorrow I will be pulling the intake manifold to see if i can grab it, does anyone have any other ideas? And for those of you who have done the intake manifold gasket or a similar job, how tough is it? tips, garage articles? Should I replace the gasket?
#2
Pull off the throttle body, and remove the spark plug from cylinder 1.
Go buy about 4 ft of clear vinyl hose from the hardware store. Get something ~1/2" so that it's big enough to grab the filter, but small enough to fit in small places.
grab a vacuum cleaner and some duct tape, and adapt the vinyl hose on to the end of the vacuum cleaner hose.
Suck away.
Make sure you have a way to check to make sure you've got it. If it's jammed in so you can't get it, you can pull the intake manifold to get at the valves easier.
Also, you can use a flexible grabber, but it will probably smoosh the filter when you grab it.
Go buy about 4 ft of clear vinyl hose from the hardware store. Get something ~1/2" so that it's big enough to grab the filter, but small enough to fit in small places.
grab a vacuum cleaner and some duct tape, and adapt the vinyl hose on to the end of the vacuum cleaner hose.
Suck away.
Make sure you have a way to check to make sure you've got it. If it's jammed in so you can't get it, you can pull the intake manifold to get at the valves easier.
Also, you can use a flexible grabber, but it will probably smoosh the filter when you grab it.
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