lost nut
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lost nut
So I'm putting my intake manifold back on my v6, and I am 90% sure that I dropped a nut into one of the coolant passages in the head. (specifically one of the 2 on the D/s closest to the timing belt)
I have tried to use a magnet to grab it, but have no signs of anything... If this nut is still there, will it affect anything? I've been thinking it over, and I really dont think that will hurt anything since the system is only for cooling, and the only moving part is the water pump. Let me know what you think, I really don't want to take of the head... I just torqued it down.
ps, here are pictures of so far...
I have tried to use a magnet to grab it, but have no signs of anything... If this nut is still there, will it affect anything? I've been thinking it over, and I really dont think that will hurt anything since the system is only for cooling, and the only moving part is the water pump. Let me know what you think, I really don't want to take of the head... I just torqued it down.
ps, here are pictures of so far...
#2
i highly recommend getting if that nut just so happens to move throught the coolant system and get jammed up somewhere like the water pump or restrict flow.... you might wanna get it... whats the bolt from anyway?
#4
It was a nut i was using to double nut the studs for the intake manifold. The way it looks to me it would just get pushed away from the water pump if anything. 12mm.
I turned around and i heard it hit something once, and never saw it, so i'm only saying that because it's not on the floor or below the intake manifold...
I turned around and i heard it hit something once, and never saw it, so i'm only saying that because it's not on the floor or below the intake manifold...
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Granpa says always put a rag in those dang openings...
Hate that when it happens...
Before doing the last resort...try..
PlanA: use a flexible magnet thingy ... if this does not work
plan B: stick a flex hose on a vac (preferably shop wet/dry vac) and try to suck the bolt...try it first on one fo the bolts in hand so that you will know that it can pick it up...
hope this helps...
Before doing the last resort...try..
PlanA: use a flexible magnet thingy ... if this does not work
plan B: stick a flex hose on a vac (preferably shop wet/dry vac) and try to suck the bolt...try it first on one fo the bolts in hand so that you will know that it can pick it up...
hope this helps...
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would i have to get a new felpro head gasket?, can anyone think long and hard about exactly where those 2 holes go? One seems to just channel down the entire head, and it's probably not in that one, the other does it go right down into the block, i tried a flex magnet, no luck, it's too twisty and windy. I'm going to bed tomorrow will be a loooong day.
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Remove heads, get TOYOTA headgaskets.
Remove that nut, or don't. You will be tearing apart the motor regaurless, unless you can get the nut out with a magnet or something... try a magnet on a string or something??
Remove that nut, or don't. You will be tearing apart the motor regaurless, unless you can get the nut out with a magnet or something... try a magnet on a string or something??
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I take exception to all the other posts. The nut will just lie in the bottom of the block and be of no concern. It may some day find itself behind the thermostat. If you remove the heads, chances are you will not find the nut. Proceed ahead with the assembly and don't worry. I pushed a freeze plug into a block and the engine ran fine for years.
My $0.02 but many years of 3.0 engine work.
My $0.02 but many years of 3.0 engine work.
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