hey everyone. today, i decided to take apart the intake manifold and clean up the ports.
well i got that done and me being 15 and this being my first time taking it apart, i got overexited. then i decided to take out the 4 butterfly valves and clean them. well i was puting them back and on the last one, the butterfly valve along with the 2 screws went in. i got the butterfly valve out but the 2 screws are still in there. im pretty sure they couldnt go too far in. i was wonderin if i can take one of those magnetic thingys and get the screws out. will a magnet attract the screws or are they a different material? please help me get these screws out. thanks in advance.

 

you should be able to get the screws out with a magnet.

 

arite cool. will the magnet attract them? they were golden looked like brass.

 

Can't hurt anything, so try it. Should attract just fine.

 

arite thanks

 

 

You might want to use loctite on those screw when you reinstall them. If they work their way loose and get into a cylinder you'll wish you had.

 

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lol naw they didnt come loose themselves i took em out. thankfully, my fingers were small enough to grab them and problem fixed

 

Yes but little screws like that without loctite have a tendency to wiggle loose, loctite them.