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Alright so im a little screwed here and need to know the best way to go about this. Was driving and the nut that is on the inside of my compressor manifold holding the line for my boost gauge decided to work its way off and fall down the driver side plenum... while I was driving. I have a borescope and somewhat of a good magnet/grabber. How do I go about this
Most obvious is to pull that plenum off and go fishing with you magnetic grabber. Doesn't sound fun or quick.
Maybe, and a big maybe at this. You could stick a shop vac hose on the plenum intake tube and it'd suck the nut out? That's a stretch, but easit enough to try first.
Worst case, it already got ingested into the engine.
Most obvious is to pull that plenum off and go fishing with you magnetic grabber. Doesn't sound fun or quick.
Maybe, and a big maybe at this. You could stick a shop vac hose on the plenum intake tube and it'd suck the nut out? That's a stretch, but easit enough to try first.
Worst case, it already got ingested into the engine.
Ive been trying to do this the easiest way possible by not taking the fuel bowl and turbo off for the plenum. Right now im trying to figure out how things connect/flow through that passage in the head and also wondering if there's a way it could've gotten all the way to the cylinder or in the valley pan if it has one
I once dropped/placed a glow plug into a pushrod hole (Blurry eyes) by some miracle I pulled it out with a claw tool.
I found where it is but can't fish it out. Not the greatest timing considering I am shipping it across the country to where I'm moving. But I have a shop set up to take the head off and get it out(it's in the cyl. 8 intake valve pocket)
Consider yourself lucky that you know it went down the plenum. Same thing happened to me, but I didn't find the bolt until I started my truck. Let's just say it revealed itself at that point and cost me $6k
