last year on my last day b4 we left for x-mass i was doing a head gasket and timing belt at work on a zetec focus and my boss was rushing me becose he wanted to no weather it would start b4 we left so i accidently left the timing pin screwed into the back of the block (the one that locks the crank) and it snaped it when i terned it over my boss said it would be ok and you no wot it was lol and a year later when it come back for a service it was stuck the the drain plug lol

in my opinion its gonna sit at the bottom of the sump and wont cause you any problems the forces of gravity are quite strong

hope this helps