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      03-27-2019, 09:16 PM   #1
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Dropped a bolt.

Dropped the circled bolt into the hole that connects to the cavity between the kidneys ... will this bolt dislodge itself? Should I be worried about it making way to the moving parts of the engine? Fell in during reassembly after spark plug change.
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      03-27-2019, 10:19 PM   #2
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Don’t worry about it. You could take off the front undertray if you want to look for it.
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Don’t worry about it. You could take off the front undertray if you want to look for it.
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I lost a 10mm socket behind the motor when changing valve cover gaskets and an air filter cover screw in front of the air box when cleaning the filter. Neither were visible and I did not take apart stuff looking. It just was not worthwhile. If I dropped a screwdriver into the accessory belt drive or an nut down an empty spark plug hole or a greasy rag onto the headers, I would definitely get it.
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I lost a 10mm socket behind the motor when changing valve cover gaskets and an air filter cover screw in front of the air box when cleaning the filter. Neither were visible and I did not take apart stuff looking. It just was not worthwhile. If I dropped a screwdriver into the accessory belt drive or an nut down an empty spark plug hole or a greasy rag onto the headers, I would definitely get it.
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      03-28-2019, 05:39 PM   #6
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Not that you're planning to let the car sit just for a bolt but if you know where it fell there's Amazon and there's prime on this type of tool

https://www.amazon.com/TEKTON-7601-T.../dp/B000NPPC00
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The thing that concerns me about dropping hardware into motors is it might come out and into a tire. Yours or anyone else's. I retrieve anything that I drop..
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Certainly if you can reasonably easily find it, then retrieve it. I always look, but am not going to make a project out of it.
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I dropped a 1/4" 10 mm deep socket in the engine bay. I wasn't concerned about causing any damage, but didn't want to buy a new one. I found (and retrieved) it on top of the front suspension sub frame with this cheap borescope.
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