5.4L Fuel Injector O Ring In Spark Plug Well

[JuniorExp03EB]

Yupp you guess it. I wanted to have a little more wiggle room. Popped off the Fuel Rail and the O ring fell into the 3rd front to back #1 being front. on passanger side.

Any suggestions/ I tried diff regular sized picks and long needle nose pliers.

I tried to just shove the socket and just let it fall into the cylinder its rubber i figured it can be burned off and stays in the exhaust or something..

i thought about giving either a pick or the socket a blow torch and see if it will stick to it but then that would make a mess in the spark plug well.?

 

[1955moose]

Get a pair of long grabby retractors. They have a push button on end, and look like the claw thingy you use to grab the prize at carnival exhibits , but smaller. I'll see if I can post a pic. Saved my ass more than once.

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[JuniorExp03EB]

OMFG yeah i know what your talking about and those fuc*ers grab on tight huh!! THANKS Ima go get one and try it tommarow!

 

[TobyU]

I just throw a towel down and use a blow nozzle to softly blow into the well until it pops out.

 

[JuniorExp03EB]

yeah the claw tool didnt work. its to thick to grip it from the side. ima try the towel

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[Plati]

Can you use a shop vac to suck it out?

 

[JuniorExp03EB]

Can you use a shop vac to suck it out?

i thought about it. but what adapter would i use to go into the 4in hose.. thx

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[Plati]

i thought about it. but what adapter would i use to go into the 4in hose.. thx

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easy enough to find some tube and duct tape it into the 4"
done it before

I did the opposite one time to inject boric acid powder into a wall to kill carpenter ants
filled a tube with the powder, turned it on and in she goes
powder went a long way, some dust came out 6 feet downstream
dang carpenter ants didn't stand a chance

 

[Trainmaster]

If you can still see it, just hook it with a bent wire. Bend a tiny hook on the end. Or wrap a wood dowel with some tape so the sticky side's outward and poke around.

 

[1955moose]

Is the spark plug in or out? I like the hunk of wire made into a u shape. So the thin grabber tool wouldn't get in there? You can get different sized adapters to shrink down your shop vac hose. Empty the inside before you start. That way you won't have to root around the dirt and gunk to find out if you sucked it up.

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[stamp11127]

Try some sticky wheel bearing grease on the end of the spark plug socket if everything else fails.

 

[JuniorExp03EB]

Is the spark plug in or out? I like the hunk of wire made into a u shape. So the thin grabber tool wouldn't get in there? You can get different sized adapters to shrink down your shop vac hose. Empty the inside before you start. That way you won't have to root around the dirt and gunk to find out if you sucked it up.

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spark plug is in. i cannot see it its blavk. only way i found out was with an endoscope. thx alot guys!!

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[HawkX66]

Stick a plastic funnel in the hole and press a shop vac into it. It'll suck it right out. Ask me how I know...

 

[JuniorExp03EB]

Stick a plastic funnel in the hole and press a shop vac into it. It'll suck it right out. Ask me how I know...

will try it thx alot!

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[Hamfisted]

If your house vac has the typical hose on it you can just use some 3/8" clear tubing and use your hand to seal the tubing to the vac hose while you stick the other end into the sparkplug hole. At least with clear tubing ( Home Depot...) you can see the O-ring if it gets sucked into the tubing. Use a new vacuum bag and you can probably recover it if it makes it all the way into the vacuum.

 

[JuniorExp03EB]

If your house vac has the typical hose on it you can just use some 3/8" clear tubing and use your hand to seal the tubing to the vac hose while you stick the other end into the sparkplug hole. At least with clear tubing ( Home Depot...) you can see the O-ring if it gets sucked into the tubing. Use a new vacuum bag and you can probably recover it if it makes it all the way into the vacuum.

yeah i just tried 4in shop vac. completly forgot about the regulae house vac. will try it right. and i just happen to have some 3/8 clear, because i wanted to do a coolant flush too. thanks

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[1955moose]

Look at all these Mcgyver's here. I like the one with the funnel the best.

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[JuniorExp03EB]

3/8 ended up being the same size as the oring. going to try 5/8 id. my friend is comming over with a pair of long needle nose, claims he can pull it out.

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[Plati]

Not as much fun, but I think you can buy at auto parts store
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p...odFUD6-xUcBUmV4YTmIaAu3rEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[JuniorExp03EB]

its wedged in there.

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