Need help! Dropped oil pump pickup bolt
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Get a magnet! I did the same thing i could actually see the bolt laying in the front of the pan though. Dont think it will actually go to the bottom of the pan because of baffle in pan. Heres mine.
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When you go back tie some fishing line or a wire around it (not tight because you want to be able to remove it after you get the bolt started).
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i had this same dilemma, i have no idea how we ever got it back in. i used dental floss to keep my bolt from falling, after the second magnet fish i decided we should try something different. it has to be thin like floss, thread, or fishing line, that way its not a hassle to work around and its easy to remove once you get the bolt started. it will take a good deal of cussing, and you might need to throw something. but hold your mouth just right and it will go in.
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When I dropped the bolt in my car it fell all the way down to the lower part of the pan. What i did was got a strong magnet and worked it over the passenger side of the motor and then used a flex magnet and stuck it through the oil sensor??? i think thats what it was. This took me about a half hour.