Everyone worst nightmare (Nut dropped in UIM without knowing)
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Everyone worst nightmare (Nut dropped in UIM without knowing)
A customer of ours dropped a nut into his UIM without knowing what he did. The sounds that came from the motor were just horrific. Klank Klank Klank........ Yuk!
I knew exactly what he did when I heard him start it up. We took the manifold off and metal chunks/peices of apex seals and a nut chopped in half came falling out of the exhaust port. After dissasembling the motor we found that the housing and rotor were completely demolished along with all 3 apex seals. This was expected though.
Reminder guys, always cover your intake holes while working on your motors.
I have pictures of the debris and carnage if anyone wants to see.
Jeff48 was there to witness the destruction.
I knew exactly what he did when I heard him start it up. We took the manifold off and metal chunks/peices of apex seals and a nut chopped in half came falling out of the exhaust port. After dissasembling the motor we found that the housing and rotor were completely demolished along with all 3 apex seals. This was expected though.
Reminder guys, always cover your intake holes while working on your motors.
I have pictures of the debris and carnage if anyone wants to see.
Jeff48 was there to witness the destruction.
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Originally posted by cowsniperRX7
oh man! that is not good. whos car was it?
oh man! that is not good. whos car was it?
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Thats sucks bigtime. I woulda shut it off the moment I heard that noise the first time. But at least he gets a Bi-State rebuild out of it right?
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Originally posted by 911GT2
Thats sucks bigtime. I woulda shut it off the moment I heard that noise the first time. But at least he gets a Bi-State rebuild out of it right?
Thats sucks bigtime. I woulda shut it off the moment I heard that noise the first time. But at least he gets a Bi-State rebuild out of it right?
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Originally posted by Icemastr
Ill bet he gets a Bi-State rebuild out of it if he pays for it. From Resources explanation, sounds like the customer was the one that did it.
Ill bet he gets a Bi-State rebuild out of it if he pays for it. From Resources explanation, sounds like the customer was the one that did it.
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Originally posted by c00lduke
I would think that the damaged parts would be what would bring the cost up.
I would think that the damaged parts would be what would bring the cost up.
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A friend of mine did the same thing to a model year 2000 RS Engine he got form me with 5000km on it. I got a call after it was done and started "WTF the engine is blown". Sure enough a bolt got in there and took out his rotor and housing and turbine on the way out.
This thread gives you a shity feeling just thinking about it.
This thread gives you a shity feeling just thinking about it.
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I broke off a piece of the air bleed sockets when trying to remove them and it fell into the engine. I used a shop vac with a modded nozzle (vinyl tubing and duct tape) to snake down into the chamber and vacuum it out!
Always stuff paper towels or put a shop rag over the intakes!
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Always stuff paper towels or put a shop rag over the intakes!
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Originally posted by rx713bt
Don't people wonder what happened to the missing nut after reassembling the intake manifold?
Don't people wonder what happened to the missing nut after reassembling the intake manifold?
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Originally posted by 911GT2
Thats sucks bigtime. I woulda shut it off the moment I heard that noise the first time. But at least he gets a Bi-State rebuild out of it right?
Thats sucks bigtime. I woulda shut it off the moment I heard that noise the first time. But at least he gets a Bi-State rebuild out of it right?
Worst part of this whole thing is that Todd really didn't do anything wrong except forget to cover the holes in the LIM and we will never know how the nut (one of those little 10mm washer head nuts) came from . There were no nuts missing on the reinstall. The nut fell in there from somewhere, but it could have been anywhere including sitting on top of the UIM before the UIM was removed.
Moral of the story,
1. look twice before you remove anything to make sure there isn't a random piece sitting on it.
AND
2. if there is an open hole that can screw up your life----be very careful what goes in the hole! (double entendre' intended !)
Last edited by jeff48; 07-24-03 at 06:00 PM.