i was putn on some block off plates.. when it came to pull out the stud for the egr valve it came out easy then it got sucked all the way down the egr blackhole "the stud and 2 nuts" are lost in the iron. can anyone help cut away view might help or any tips to get it out. id really hate to pull the engine just to turn it upside down and shake it out

 

Go to sears and get u a magnetic tool(the long skinney tool with a magnet on the end it expands to about 3' long). stick it down the hole and see if that will get them out

 

OR you could get a small magnet with a hole in the middle and tie a string to it and drop it in the hole.

 

ive tryd a magnet on a string no luck bcs its made of cast iron i did try the 3 sprong spring thing and that didnt work there is a very sharp curve after the hole i cant get past i have a magnet tool but its a like a rod and a pivoting magnet but it wont bend

 

ok i tryd a magnet and a peice of hose and that didnt work... i think the bolt it stuck about 6" into the iron if i push it will it go into the rotor housing?

 

umm the egr doesnt mount to the block, but to the lower intake manifold. Just remove the lower intake manifold and see if the stud is in there.

 

um egr... the thing im talkn about is ontop, center of the middle iron below the intake box and intake manifold

 

well i put some water in a old engine in the hole and it came out 2 12mm holes need the exhaust ports then i plugged the holes and filled it up to the top and there was no leaks so it goes from the middle/top of the iron to the exhaust im thinkn about leaving it in there

 

I duno about this but maybe try using a vaccum and suck it out? Its worth a shot.

 

get a strong magnet and run it along the outside of the engine and maybe it will catch it and bring it allong its path. iyou know how if you put a piece of metal on top of a table and then put a magnet under it and you can move the metal around?f it fell inside the oil or something you could just drain the oil out but thats not the case here...

 

Turn the car upside down and shake? okay.. I have no input other than that... sorry dude.

 

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Get something like that, I've used one in this exact situation before.

 

So you dropped an object into the intake runners? Remove the manifolds and see if you can get it out. Don't turn over the engine. If you find that it's inside the engine, you'd have to either take it apart or try your luck with a long magnet tool.

 

Please stop bumping your topic. As it says in the forum rules (you have read them, right?) bumps are not allowed in technical forums. It also helps if you give your topic a real subject line instead of "omg help plz!". I've changed this for you.

Those EGR passages lead to the bottom "doglegs" of the rotor housings, which then lead to the exhaust ports. I think you're going to have a very hard time getting this stud out. What you might want to try is to use a good source of compressed air to blow into the exhaust passage while someone rocks the engine back and forth. Hopefully the stud will come shooting out of the top of the engine.

Now if that doesn't work, then you may just have to leave it in there. As I recall those are M8 studs so they are probably large enough that they won't migrate around the engine at all.