HELP!!!!!!!!
Well, I was reading through all the threads and figured I would give it a go to get rid of the CEL. In reading I came across RAVENTAI's thread about testing the EGR etc.:
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I also found this image in which the thread mentioning using a drill bit to run through the small tubes to remove the carbon buildup. On some images there were tons of carbon. Well on mine there was zero carbon. Looked clean. Like...too clean. I figured maybe there was a blockage, so I ran a drill bit...by hand...to see if there was blockage here:
So if you had to take a guess, what would be the ABSOLUTE WORST thing that could possibly happen while running a drill bit...
.....by hand
....in a small hole?
YUP, you guessed it. I RAN OUT OF BEER!!!!
.....and then dropped the drill bit down the hole!!!!!!
Soooo dumb. So here is what I have learned so far:
• The hole only goes in about three inches and then stops
• a 2.5" drill bit dropped, will fall all the way in, barely half an inch from the opening
• Removing the modulator and the EGR valve were a lot easier to remove then I though it was going to be
• Removing the EGR valve DOES NOT allow access to the drill bit as I had hoped
• The drill bit plugging the hole to the EGR Valve has ZERO affect on the driveability of the truck, cold or hot
• A dental pick lance will not get it out
• The drillbit is not wedged in, its just dropped in
So, is there ANYWAY to get this drill bit out WITHOUT having to remove the entire intake manifold?!?!!?
HELP AN IDIOT!!!!!