Dropped many many things into various cars. Normally bolts and clips that you have to find, so things like injector plugs dont pop off. A strong magnet on the end of a piece of string helps with the metal stuff, or you can actually by magnets on the end of what looks like a car aerial, specifically for getting bolts out of the engine bay.

4 Oct 2013 Unless you went too low in oil level there is no damage to your engine internally. "Damage" on outside engine can be bothersome as the oil spilled on the engine can be very hard to "wash" off after it has  Remove it by hand using the scalloped profile, or for stubborn cases, use a screwdriver in the cross-holes or a socket on the Podium Oil Cap in Satin Purple for Hondas/Acuras Great oil cap design, definately accentuate the engine bay. I dropped my oil cap into the engine bay when adding oil to it and can't find it. i dont know what to do. can i drive without a cap to a dealership to get a new one or have them find mine without oil spilling out? can it damage anything if i leave it in there and just replace it? what should i do? hey guys So i was just topping up the oil in my car & accidentally knocked the bottle cap into the engine bay. It went somewhere between the radiator & a thick metal tube which was parallel to the radiator which i think is part of the exhaust.

Simple. Remove the bottom engine shield. there are about 8 quarter turn screws. Then you can see the bottom of the engine and the oil cap should drop out when you remove the engine shield.

4 Oct 2013 Unless you went too low in oil level there is no damage to your engine internally. "Damage" on outside engine can be bothersome as the oil spilled on the engine can be very hard to "wash" off after it has  Remove it by hand using the scalloped profile, or for stubborn cases, use a screwdriver in the cross-holes or a socket on the Podium Oil Cap in Satin Purple for Hondas/Acuras Great oil cap design, definately accentuate the engine bay. I dropped my oil cap into the engine bay when adding oil to it and can't find it. i dont know what to do. can i drive without a cap to a dealership to get a new one or have them find mine without oil spilling out? can it damage anything if i leave it in there and just replace it? what should i do? hey guys So i was just topping up the oil in my car & accidentally knocked the bottle cap into the engine bay. It went somewhere between the radiator & a thick metal tube which was parallel to the radiator which i think is part of the exhaust. Brake fluid absorbs moisture from the air. Water in the brake system will cause expensive failures down the road. Find the cap or get a new one on asap. The cap is likely sitting on your undershield. Lift the car and remove the big fabric panel. Ok, so I did something a little stupid earlier and dropped the oil cap lid in the engine bay and cant seem to find it now. I want to drive it to the dealership for them to find or replace it. Do you think there are any major risks driving the car without the lid? (It's a close drive 5-10 min drive) I have lost the oil cap somewhere in the engine compartment I cannot find it anywhere and I didn't here it drop - Answered by a verified UK Auto Mechanic if its not there then i really wouldn't worry about it,it can't effect the running of the engine from the engine bay. StokeMechanicNo1, UK Car Mechanic.

Ok, so I did something a little stupid earlier and dropped the oil cap lid in the engine bay and cant seem to find it now. I want to drive it to the dealership for them to find or replace it. Do you think there are any major risks driving the car without the lid? (It's a close drive 5-10 min drive)

If the head gasket gets blown or damaged, engine coolant can leak into the combustion chamber or the passages of the engine oil. It is the latter that causes the milky oil cap. One good way to check for this is by evaluating your engine oil dipstick. However, you posted for help with your SRT, ended up soldering the wrong wiredropped 2 screws from your ECU box in the engine bay, then dropped your power steering fluid cover down there too. If you heard of anyone doing that, you'd think it was pretty funny too. We lifted the bonnet and gosh what a mess he had done exactly the same thing and left the oil cap off :mad: Thankfully because we had made it to the hotel we manged to clean it up and left the engine to cool, the next day the car started fine and luckily we had no further problems for the rest of our trip. Engine oil spills aren't as uncommon as you might think; in fact many engines have a certain amount of the stuff where they shouldn't. Seal and gasket leaks and accidental spills during filling happen every day, and rarely to they result in any major catastrophe. Simple. Remove the bottom engine shield. there are about 8 quarter turn screws. Then you can see the bottom of the engine and the oil cap should drop out when you remove the engine shield. Dropped many many things into various cars. Normally bolts and clips that you have to find, so things like injector plugs dont pop off. A strong magnet on the end of a piece of string helps with the metal stuff, or you can actually by magnets on the end of what looks like a car aerial, specifically for getting bolts out of the engine bay. Dropped Socket Into Engine Bay Home › Forums › Stay Dirty Lounge › Service and Repair Questions Answered Here › Dropped Socket Into Engine Bay This topic contains 5 replies, has 6 voices, and was last updated by Lorrin Barth 5 years, 9 months ago .

I see so many half-right answers, that here goes another one (answer!): I have,in the past, dropped inside the engine that plastic ring that sits beneath the cap on a plastic oil can,and on both cases i was able to pull it out with a bent pick too

Brake fluid absorbs moisture from the air. Water in the brake system will cause expensive failures down the road. Find the cap or get a new one on asap. The cap is likely sitting on your undershield. Lift the car and remove the big fabric panel. Ok, so I did something a little stupid earlier and dropped the oil cap lid in the engine bay and cant seem to find it now. I want to drive it to the dealership for them to find or replace it. Do you think there are any major risks driving the car without the lid? (It's a close drive 5-10 min drive) I have lost the oil cap somewhere in the engine compartment I cannot find it anywhere and I didn't here it drop - Answered by a verified UK Auto Mechanic if its not there then i really wouldn't worry about it,it can't effect the running of the engine from the engine bay. StokeMechanicNo1, UK Car Mechanic. This is a specialty of mine, dropped an 8mm nut into the the engine bay on the RX. Now if your not familiar with Mazda's engine arrangement imagine the pipework from your boiler, the cables from the Enterprise's engine room and all crammed into a tiny tiny space. TOM: That little ring is probably floating around at the top of the engine somewhere. It's unlikely to get in the way of any moving parts and break anything, although it may position itself in the way of an oil drain hole and keep some of the oil from draining properly. RAY: That's not really a big deal, either. The real danger is if the plastic Without an oil cap, your PCV system will pull air from the breather cap through your engine into the intake resulting in a vacuum leak. This is bad for your engine, will increase the oil temperature. You need to restrict the airflow into the crankcase. I dropped a bottle-cap into my engine by a mistake. Will this cause problems? I was putting water into the wiper compartment of my car when i dropped the bottle cap in by a mistake!!!!! pop the drain plug and reinstall it after some seconds. do by no potential positioned oil back into the engine nevertheless. After draining it down, run it

I put oil in my car tonight, and thought everything was fine until I got home and realized I had left the cap off. There was oil I noticed a bit of an oily smell while I was driving, but just figured I had spilled a bit as I was pouring and didn't think much of it. Anyway, I put the cap Top the oil off, go to a DIY carwash and clean the engine bay thoroughly with the engine running. posted by 

TOM: That little ring is probably floating around at the top of the engine somewhere. It's unlikely to get in the way of any moving parts and break anything, although it may position itself in the way of an oil drain hole and keep some of the oil from draining properly. RAY: That's not really a big deal, either. The real danger is if the plastic Without an oil cap, your PCV system will pull air from the breather cap through your engine into the intake resulting in a vacuum leak. This is bad for your engine, will increase the oil temperature. You need to restrict the airflow into the crankcase. I dropped a bottle-cap into my engine by a mistake. Will this cause problems? I was putting water into the wiper compartment of my car when i dropped the bottle cap in by a mistake!!!!! pop the drain plug and reinstall it after some seconds. do by no potential positioned oil back into the engine nevertheless. After draining it down, run it I was adding something to my engine oil to stop a small leak that I have. It had one of those little foil safety covers over the spout and while pouring it in, about 1/2 to 3/4 of the foil part fell into the oil. Will this pose a problem. The car is a 2000 Mercury Cougar, not that it really matters. Dropping tools or bolts while working on a car is annoying, especially when it's into the engine bay. When a mechanic drops something there's always a silent pause while they wait to hear if it hits the ground. If not, it might take some time to find what was dropped. This was the second time… Without an oil cap, your PCV system will pull air from the breather cap through your engine into the intake resulting in a vacuum leak. This is bad for your engine, will increase the oil temperature. You need to restrict the airflow into the crankcase.

6 Aug 2019 The manufacturers put the engine oil cap for some specific reason. The oil inside the engine lubricates the parts and cools it down in case of overheating. Some parts like pistons, nozzles, valves, and rings heat up when  22 Sep 2018 I dropped the oil filler cap while adding oil, heard it clang around but it didn't make it to the ground. Once I put new oil filler cap on is it safe to drive with the other cap lying around somewhere near the engine