hey was trying to change me valve stem seals with my own homemade tool, however one half of an inlet valve collet (the bit that holds spring down and valve up, may be called summink differant!) fell down an oilway

will it be ok?!?

it was the oilway above and just to the left of no4's inlet valve, the one about 10mm wide

i heard it make a noise at the bottom, was that it falling into the sump? if so shud it be ok, as the pick-up pipe has that gauze covering it

 

I wouldn't trust it

 

its been ok for 30 miles so far!

 

The amount of times i've taken a sump off a CVH and found collets in there ......lol

 

Well, it'll be alright on the night then PMSL

 

try removing the sump to take it out

i cant see how it would drop in the sump direct though

 

it wouldnt of made a noise if it fell into the sump of oil

 

GLUMP! - maybe lol

 

unless ya got no oil in it

if it was my 7litre sump ya would hear a splash and they hear waves

 

aslong as its fallen to the bottom of the sump mate you wont have a problem ive done it myself!

 

lol i did that on my first s2 years ago. I left it in there and had no probs from it!

 

think about all the cossies etc that are running about with different lenghts of the dip stick(which have snapped off)floating around in the sump with no probs so UNLESS your very unlucky woundn't worry until have to take sump off



ps you could always drain the oil out and see if it comes out 1st time,and also try using a magnet to drag the collet out the sump plug hole

 

drian the oil and move collet with a magnet to get it out

 

wont do any harm. Noise u hear is it hitting bottom of sump.

 

The collets are magnetic so will simply attach themselves to the sump

Did it on the girlfriends fiesta and it was fine for about 10k till it got pinched!!

How bad is the feeling when you realise where it's going?

I wouldnt worry about it

Neil.

 

i did something very similar to this when the end of my dipstick snapped off, i used one of those snap on arial type magnets... a magnet on the end of a car arial which i poked into the sump via a the drain hole got it out after 2 mins

 

my old escos's dipstick end snapped off too

 

as I said above very common for that to happen

 

just get a magnetic sump plug,and it should stick to it ,in time,i don't think collets are magnetic.

 

 

As long as you fitted another collet to the valve so there is a pair of collets back on the valve then it won't be too much of a issue.

If you are only running one collet, expect the engine to drop a valve into the cylinder and destroy your engine.

 

What Daz said. Dont worry about the one in your sump. If you're removing the sump anyway, take it out, but otherwise...