help...dropped head bolt in engine

logik · Post by **logik** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:57 am

hi all,

after a lengthy hiatus of anything starion related, i bolted my new head onto the starion.
after tightening the last headbolt, the headbolt extension came apart (two pieces) and fell into what i assume is an oil drain? (seriously FML)

does this just go straight to the sump? or a complex pathway knowing my luck

its stuff like this that seriously puts you off cars...

james :glare:

Post by **Alspos** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:13 am

Can you attach a small magnet to a wire and fish it out? Or Repco and places have magnets on flexible posts...worth a try.

Website · Post by **WidebodyWoody** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:44 am

Magnet pen is definetly worth a try.

ProZac · Post by **ProZac** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:23 pm

Straight down into the sump that hole goes, there is a little bit of a lip though, might be sitting just down in there?

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:28 pm

hey man i have a magnet on a flexible wire thingy, look for something similar....

enthuzed · Post by **enthuzed** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:08 pm

That has gone into a water gallery, there is a metal claw device that you could use to fish it out. It's a lot like those magnets on a flexible length.
One of those may work as well.

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:11 pm

that isnt a water gallery! look at the colour for a start ;)

logik · Post by **logik** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:32 pm

Got the fucker!

Goes straight to the sump; as soon as the sump was off it was sitting there staring at me in all its glory.

Fucking cars!

fugazi · Post by **fugazi** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:59 pm

logik wrote:Fucking cars!

In Sweden we would call it SBS...
A free translation would be: SBTL=Shit behind the levers.... :D

Austarion

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