DEVIN22CBR

So I noticed on my SOHC that one of the valve cover bolts had been broke so i threads the broken bottum peice out (maybe 3mm) in lenght. It slipped out of my hand and went down one of the oil holes on the front corner of the head. Ive tried a magnent and no luck. Do you think it couldve gone straight to my oil pan or what ? Please help asap. I just got done with it and now this **** happend. ITS ALWAYS SOMETHING

Cruiser G

Yea it probably dropped into your oilpan. Take it off and check it out. Good luck!

ekb18cCivic

run to your local hardware store... they sell tis thing that goes in to tight places it is very flexible and you push on the end of it and this little claw type thing comes out and it grabs stuff.... very tightly i might add..... sears would def have it i think its called like mechanical fingers or something i dunno .. it should work great ..if not drain your oiland go fishing in there.. maybe jack up the pass side of your car to persuade the bolt to go towards the drain hole..

DEVIN22CBR

Thanks man. I hope to hell so. Im gonan drain my oil first and put a strainer in there to catch any foriegn objects. Thatd would be to lucky for me though.

ekb18cCivic

i edited my post for more ideas ... bump

ek9mugen

good luck hopefully in fell into the oilpan

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ekb18cCivic

jack up the passenger side .. the flow of the oil could bring the bolt out with it.. so keep your eye on the oil as it comes out maybe stick the magnet in the drined oil.. just make sure the car is leaning towards the drain hole so gravity can persuade the bolt to come out if its in there... lets us know the result

DEVIN22CBR

No luck guys ..I used one of my moms strainers to run the oil through first. No broke off bolt. I hate taking the damn oil pan off . Plus its about 35 outside. Sucks

PriMaTe

You may wanna take off the pan and check it after you drain the oil too just in case the oil doesn't take the bolt with it and it's just sitting there.

ekb18cCivic

run to the hardware store and try the mechanical figers .. they are thin enough to fit down the hole

asmallsol

ah, are any of you thinking. your all making this way harder then it has to be, and it is very unproballe that it just fell into the oil pan. just take off the valve cover. It is easy to do, and at worst, your going to have to replace that gasket which are like $20 and VERY easy to replace (probally the easiest gasket to change on the entire car.


EDIT Huked on phonic werked four meh

I am the one who is stupid, and can not read. What I would do is get a decent size magnet and on the botttom of the oil pan, run it along it, bring it closer to the drain. If you get it, you should here slight scratching noises. If it did not make it down the hole, you may want to stick some thick string down there and see if it gets stuck. If it does, thats probally where your bolt is.

DEVIN22CBR

Tried that also man. Looks like the oil pan is gonan have to come off. Im finished for tonight though . Long day with her. And just got the turbo kti to work! Ahh

JDM-97CX

If getting lucky with a magnet or those mechanical fingers doesn't work, then lets hope it is in the pan then otherwise have fun taking that motor apart.

Good Luck

RedlinedVTEC

Jesus all the time you've spent sitting on the internet waiting for the miracle answer you could have already taken the oil pan off and put it back on and be done with it (based that the stud made it's way into the oil pan already). And if it hasn't try pouring oil down the hole it fell into to help it move on through.

asmallsol

I would try using compressed air if it does not come out.

DEVIN22CBR

Good idea. Wish I had a compresor


Modified by Im Rick James at 8:48 PM 2/14/2004

Can'tCatchMe

it's in the oil pan dont worry!!

DEVIN22CBR

Cool thanks guys ..Ill do it tomrrow as much as I dont want to. Ive had that damn thing off twice. And changed my oil 2 times in one week so far due to oil feed problems etc. : P Oh wel it'll be some clean **** after all this

DEVIN22CBR

Got it out! It was in the oil pan as you guys said. Now I just need some more oil one agian

Cruiser G

Glad to hear

Infamous_Imports

Mobil 1 made some money off of you this week! What kind of turbo setup are you running? Good luck man.

SOHC_MShue

yea I had the same problem with my car. I was drilling into a broken valve cover bolt to remove it from the head and the drill bit just snapped in half and dissapeared. I never found where it went, but I thought it may have fallen into an oil hole . My car is running fine and since then I've changed the oil once or twice so i'm sure everything is fine

SloCivicHMM

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you never found it?? whoa!!!

I once dropped a vc nut into my timingbelt area, on my ZC...that suckked!!!

DEVIN22CBR

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you never found it?? whoa!!!

I once dropped a vc nut into my timingbelt area, on my ZC...that suckked!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

**** been there done that too! That sucks because Honda makes it where you cant get the damn belt cover off withouit taken the crank off

SloCivicHMM

yup.....85 bucks later they found no bolt so they say.....haha but I did get my crank pully installed......