BlueVxIDelSlo

Okay... a tiny pice of electrical tape was sitting on my valve cover and wind blew and it fell down my cylinder wall ontop of the piston. i immediately stuck the vaccuum down and tried to suck it back out but idont think it came out. used an air compressor and used that down there to see if it would do anything. i was just wondering what would electrical tape do to it? i will take the head off and buy a new head gasket if need be but just thought i would ask first.

thanks

D16SiHatch

i see it getting burnt up and shot out of the exhaust pretty quickly. i highly doubt it would cause any problem at all. certainly wouldn't pull the head because of it.

87 SiviK Si

Just let it get burned up.

unusual71

the tape is too soft to damage any metal parts in the engine, if it get caught between the cylinder and piston it will just get squished and if it got caught in the valve it would just get chopped up. Dont worry but do try to be more careful in the future

c0ntra

Spray with some carb cleaner to dissolve the glue on the backside of the tape, let the cleaner flash off, then try sucking it up with the vacuum again. There's also a claw like tool you can buy at the hardware store which is on the end of a long spring. You push a button on the handle and the grasping claws come out. That tool would be small enough to get into the engine and remove the tape as well.

c0ntra

Just found what they're called. Flexible Mechanical Fingers.






The dollar store in my city carries this tool, so its not expensive either.

Red_Army

...but you found it in a weed magazine...some people.

you'll be ok this time. but just try to be careful next time.

machine4321

Thats a handy tool.

can also be used for pulling tracking devices from your nose

98civdx

Youll be fine, I did the same type of thing, and my engine is just fine.

D16SiHatch

total recall ftw!

hondaEg_808

dude i was thinking about that right before i seen this pic!! hahahahha

forcefedferio

wouldn't sweat it, not going to damage anything.

fastrxu

Remember to post a pic it it does do some damage. I doubt it though

born2sleep13

hahaha need this tool to pull the tracking device out my nose!!!!