Hey all.
Can somebody tell me if I'm screwed, or will I be ok?
I was replacing the heater hose T's in my 2006 100 series and when I was taking the old ones out (replacing them with metal ones) one of the flared ends broke off in the rubber tubing. When I noticed this I, like an idiot, tried to look into the rubber tube to find the piece by tipping the rubber hose upward, thus causing the piece to fall deeper down and past the rubber tube and into the block. Im not sure which direction that particular coolant line flows. If looking at the 2 lines, its the one closer to the driver side. The piece fell through the rubber hose closer to the engine, and into the metal pipe that stick up out if the engine. The metal pipe is at the top on the engine at the very back at the rear driver side corner. I've tried sticking a clear plastic tube down there with a vacuum at the other end to try to suck it out. No luck. I may have pushed it farther down actually. My next thought was to try to flush the coolant system with a garden hose the try to push the piece out with water pressure. Also, if the coolant flow in that line goes toward the heater core, I also figure it's cheaper to replace the heater core than a blown motor so I might as well just let it get into the heater core and push my luck there. Is there a chance that this piece gets to the water pump and gets chewed into powder by the water pump and saves my butt? I really don't know what to do here. I've never done something this stupid.
If I had to venture a guess, the piece is about 1/4" square X maybe 1/16" thick. Which, generally speaking, is a pretty large piece of hard plastic for a coolant system.
Anybody have any idea of what I can do here? Any help is appreciated.
Can somebody tell me if I'm screwed, or will I be ok?
I was replacing the heater hose T's in my 2006 100 series and when I was taking the old ones out (replacing them with metal ones) one of the flared ends broke off in the rubber tubing. When I noticed this I, like an idiot, tried to look into the rubber tube to find the piece by tipping the rubber hose upward, thus causing the piece to fall deeper down and past the rubber tube and into the block. Im not sure which direction that particular coolant line flows. If looking at the 2 lines, its the one closer to the driver side. The piece fell through the rubber hose closer to the engine, and into the metal pipe that stick up out if the engine. The metal pipe is at the top on the engine at the very back at the rear driver side corner. I've tried sticking a clear plastic tube down there with a vacuum at the other end to try to suck it out. No luck. I may have pushed it farther down actually. My next thought was to try to flush the coolant system with a garden hose the try to push the piece out with water pressure. Also, if the coolant flow in that line goes toward the heater core, I also figure it's cheaper to replace the heater core than a blown motor so I might as well just let it get into the heater core and push my luck there. Is there a chance that this piece gets to the water pump and gets chewed into powder by the water pump and saves my butt? I really don't know what to do here. I've never done something this stupid.
If I had to venture a guess, the piece is about 1/4" square X maybe 1/16" thick. Which, generally speaking, is a pretty large piece of hard plastic for a coolant system.
Anybody have any idea of what I can do here? Any help is appreciated.
) but anyway, he pretty much told me the same thing. Not to worry about it. So, I replaced the T's, bled the coolant system, and drove it around at operating temp for a while with no issues. And the heat is working just fine. So, I'm gonna agree with everyone by not worrying about it. I appreciate the knowledge! If anything changes, I'll be sure to update this thread.
