STILL cannot find bolt that i dropped down oil drain tube...

[greathuskie]

ok i looked with a magnet in teh oil pan for like 15 minutes and couldnt get anything, i even tried running a strong magnet just a bit away from the oil pan so if the bolt was in there i would hear it rolling and nothing, where else would the bolt ahve gone? i dont have balance shafts, and im not sure where else it could have gone for me to check, is there some sort of filter in the oil pan that would be holding it?

 

[rowlex]

what oil drain tube??

 

[greathuskie]

in the head

 

[rowlex]

shitty, its probably running around in one of the many oil passages in there. Did you try getting one of those magnets on a stick and sending it down through the head?

 

[greathuskie]

yea but the magnet didnt seem to go anywhere but hit the head ya know, if i had a tiny light taht i could flex around it would be easier to see but the oil tube in the head is back a bit so it prolly wouldnt help anyways

 

[rowlex]

it might be best to get a flexible magnet on a stick, so it can turn around those corners. It's either that or pull the head; since you haven't found it in the pan.

Where is this oil passage exactly?? Have you looked at a block w/o a head on it to see where it will most likely be?? I have a block sitting at my parents house with no head on it I could probably take a pic of later this week. It might help...

 

[greathuskie]

taboo on dsmtalk said it is in the oil pan but i couldnt find it, however i think tehre is a filter in the oil pan of sorts, ill check my old pan to see where it might have fallen

 

[BUCK]

Tabboo is an excellent source - he's probably dropped one down there himself at one time.

 

[AwdMikey]

If there was a filter in the oil pan we would know, because it would have to be changed. I doubt that is the case.

 

[greathuskie]

not a filter but like a metal bracket type thing, im going to drop the oil pan today (never done it before so im a little unsure)

 

[1991gs-t]

There is a screen in the Oil pan....its also a huge magnet to pick up alot of the metal flakes and gunk...when you remove the oil pan, it should be right there....I'd check that out first.