had to take the head off today, as the gasket blew when it was setup at ma developments on saturday , when it came to undoing the bolt on the back corner (turbo side) the bloody torx bit fell out of it's holder and dropped into the hole next to the bolt and ended up in the sump, now im thinking i maybe screwed. its on a 4x4 cos, and i now from past engine probs that everything has to come off just to get the sump off, the engine is coming out after ford fair for rebuild and the car is having a respray, so i cant be arsed to take the bloody thing out twice in a short space of time, will the torx bit be alright???? or will i mangle the engine. advice would be received very gratefully.

 

Its one of them that i would not wont to put my name to but i have stripped a yb befor to find a valve stem seal in there

 

i should of kept my 2wd:-(

 

u need a magnet on a stick got my collet out the sump when i did valve stem seals with the head on and did the same thing

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5lb-Magnet...#ht_2721wt_989

 

took the sump off my old 4x4 cos, and found the very bottom of a dipstick in there!
god knows how many years that had been in there, or how it came to snap off in the first place

 

put a magnetic plug in it mate see if that gets it out or an extendable magnet put it down the hole it fell down?

 

Isn't there a strainer in the oil pump anyway? You should be fine.

 

i tried that in the big hole where it fell down but half way down the hole it comes to a stop.

 

it cant get sucked into the oilpump itself because it will be too big to get past the strainer but i wouldnt want something of that size in my engine as there is every chance it could partially block the strainer
to be fair if you allready have the head off its not a big job to just lift the block a bit to drop the sump down

 

i thought it maybe allright as long as it hasnt fell onto the baffle plate. surley theres noway of it getting caught up amongst the big ends. its quite weighty aswell so i would of thought it would just stay at the bottom of the sump. i doubt even the pick would suck it up...... if you have noticed im trying to make excuses so that i dont have to drop the entire engine.

 

can i lift the block a bit can i just to drop the sump a bit?

 

i would leave it in there, otherwise you have got the horrible job of trying to refit the sump in situ. but i no nothing so probably wouldnt take my advise lol.

 

im tempted to leave it as i have to strip it all over again in 3 weeks anyway.

 

dont listen to him, he would try and fix it with cable ties

i wouldnt risk it mate, you'd only be kicking yourself if it done some serious damage

 

have you thought about trying a magnet up throught the oil drain?