so i dropped the small brass(?) bushing from the plastic part of the oil filler neck into the metal filler neck.. i think it ended up in the oil pan.

where else can it lead to, the eshaft?

is it okay to leave it in the pan? doesn't seem like it would interfere with anything.. unless by some freak chance it gets caught in the oil pump gear/chain??

what should i do..

 

I think that you are pretty much SOL..

Have you tired taking apart the oil fill neck to see if you can locate the part?

Perhaps, does copper get attracted to a magnet, or is it like gold? Try using a magnetic pick-up tool to fish it out, or take the oil pan off?

 

its in the pan. im thinking a magnet at the end of a flexing shaft would work. don't need the part just need it to not break anything. im thinking of maybe getting a strong magnet to capture it thru the pan and just leaving it there to hold it as a permanant solution.

 

Your screwed.. Boom there goes your engine

 

lol, i like it!

I'd drop the pan and pray its in there...better safe than sorry

 

Possibly your best bet lol

 

Well, it sounds like it's a little too big to make it through the oil pickup strainer.

 

drain the oil
if it doesn't come out, drop the pan.

better safe than sorry, if it gets munched into the oil pump gears or something you can kiss the engine goodbye.

 

Hate to rain on everyones parade, but brass is not magnetic.

Don't be a skirt, pull the pan. If you need to, pour a quart down the neck with the pan off to flush out the bushing in case it stopped somewhere.

 

Is it possible to drain the oil and try using a high powder shop vac down the fill tube?

 

its not brass just looked like it. not sure what it is. but its brass colored

i thought about doing the shop vac thing but i don't have one with enough suction. it would probably be fairly simple to do.. just hook up a thin hose to it so it can snake through the neck.

i ended up using a "16 lb" magnet from under the pan to make it stay. guess im just lazy.

 

Just drain the oil to see if it comes out. If not, use a magnet to see if you can attract it and move it to the drain. If it's not in the pan yet, use one of those flexible telescoping magnets down the filler neck.

 

 

Sounds like you got it all figured out. Just run the **** out of your engine. i mean whats the worse that could happen with small peices of metal floating around in your oil pan. The engine will prolly just shred it up in to a a fine dust and you'll be fine anyways.

 

i'll drop the pan in a few miles geez

 

whatever man. i honestly dont give a ratass if you leave that peice in there forever. Its not my engine.

However, i do feel as though your doing nothing but adding to the "being a cheap ***" & "The rotary is unreliable because mine blew.." stereo types that FC owners and rotarys get.

Lets see if your engine last... keep us informed.

 

okay buddy

as far as im concerned there is about 1 in a million chance that thing will ever be a problem, if you know how the fd oil pan is set up the damn thing would have to do some houdini **** to get anywhere near the oil pump gear. the magnet prevents it from moving even 1 mm so unless i go from 200mph to a stop in 2 seconds the thing isn't budging.

 

here's my 2 cents... the oil pump will probably not have enough pull to suck that part through the screen on the bottom of the suction tube that sits in the pan.... BUT to be on the safe side i would either A: drop the pan and remove it or B: use something like a coat hanger straightened out with a small hook on the end to fish it out of the drain hole

 

Seeing as how you've figured it out all by yourself, disregarding input that you asked for, why did you even start this thread?

 

takes time to think things through and im happy about the input i received, i took them all into consideration.

 

 

lol