So i dropped a clamp into my engine bay

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pmanliu

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so.. finally got around to installing the UTR intake today. beautiful day, washed/waxed the car for the sunday meet and decided to get one mod in before the meet.

I was trying to put the intake in when one of the clamps that secure the acordian piece to the intake fell into the engine bay. This clamp feel near down into the engine bay near the upper acordian piece and not near the pulleys. My friends and i looked for a hour and couldn't see it. I went under the car and whacked the skid plate (not sure if that is what it is) and we didnt hear it. We then stuck a magnet on a stick down there only to conclude that the friking car is magnetic, so the clamp is prob stuck onto something. We finished installing the intake using a spare clamp and started it up - no problems or funny sounds. I drove over some speed bumps to try to get it to fall out without luck. Slammed on brakes, etc etc.

I was wondering if i should be worried or just leave the clamp in the engine bay? Feeling pretty stupid now lol... Ege's guide to installing the intake even said "be careful not to drop the clamps into the engine bay." Doh:embarrassed:
 
I have dropped tons of things down in my engine, most still there:embarrassed:.

+22 on removing the skid plate, especially since you dropped it around the filter area..not many places it could go in that area.
 
+1 on taking off the skid plate. Don't worry much about it though.. I dropped a socket once under the battery. It wasn't making any sound etc so thought it went somewhere and got stuck. Even Infiniti tried to get it using a magnet etc and they couldn't. It stayed there for more than a year :smile: Finally took it out 2-3 months ago while cleaning under the plastic molding..

Just take off the front part of the skid plate, flex it a little and see if it falls/moves. If not, take off the entire skid plate. Using some ramps will help a lot.
 
pmanliu said:
... We then stuck a magnet on a stick down there only to conclude that the friking car is magnetic, ...
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:laugh::laugh::laugh: good stuff there :rofl:

don't worry about it, shouldn't hurt anything... you'd be surprised at some of the stuff we find inside of the tightest places when we take cars apart sometimes :smile:
 
turbocad6 said:
:laugh::laugh::laugh: good stuff there :rofl:

don't worry about it, shouldn't hurt anything... you'd be surprised at some of the stuff we find inside of the tightest places when we take cars apart sometimes :smile:
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OT: what is the best thing you ever found?
 
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