Dropped something in engine bay

[rocketpop]

I dropped a small socket during my intake install. I heard it bounce all the way down and hit the plastic bottom cover. What do I need to do to retrieve it?

[morscode]

Take off the underlining from inside, or hit the underlining towards a hole you can pop the bit through if you can see one.

Or, if you know the relative location of the bit, take a magnet underneath and move the bit toward a hole.

[rocketpop]

Originally Posted by 1mor

Take off the underlining from inside, or hit the underlining towards a hole you can pop the bit through if you can see one.

Or, if you know the relative location of the bit, take a magnet underneath and move the bit toward a hole.

OMG - Thanks you so much, the magnet worked like a charm!!!

[italiantank26]

Ive droped like 4 or 5 things in my engine bay when i was switching out an air filter. I had gloves on, and didn't learn my lesson till the 5th time, but this was on saturday, and ive been driving my car ever since then, and i haven't had any problems since then. (the pieces i dropped were little screw heads, nothing big)

[Caduceus]

Originally Posted by italiantank26

Ive droped like 4 or 5 things in my engine bay when i was switching out an air filter. I had gloves on, and didn't learn my lesson till the 5th time, but this was on saturday, and ive been driving my car ever since then, and i haven't had any problems since then. (the pieces i dropped were little screw heads, nothing big)

If you've got the inlet tract open and you drop something you want to be absolutely, positively 100% certain you can account for it before you seal it back up.

Otherwise it could be the most expensive mistake you ever make with this car. I believe it's been done before.

[italiantank26]

I'm sort of a newbie for engine terms, can you specify what you mean by inlet tract?

[amdmaxx]

flip the car upside down... and shake..

[rocketpop]

I believe he refering to the holes you connect the filters to. If you dropped something in there and you dont get it back out, your are screwed, no pun intented.

[morscode]

Originally Posted by rocketpop

OMG - Thanks you so much, the magnet worked like a charm!!!

cheers!

[italiantank26]

haha nooo thank goodness i did not drop anything in there, i wouldn't even start my car if i did. I heard the peices go straight to the bottom, and ive been driving my car over a week ever since, so im guess everything is fine.

[darkphantom]

Man, I had dropped a nut in there once, I took my hand down there and used a hangar to grab it! LOL it was such a bitch, luckily, my arms aren't too beefy, but I did get a good amount of cuts