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waterboy502000
Explorer
Jul 11, 2022

2014 Ford V-10 Dropped plastic cap down oil fill tube

Heres a good one for you. During the process of changing oil I accidently dropped a small plastic cap down the oil fill tube. At this point I'm not sure what to do if anything. Anyone have any ideas? ...
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rjstractor
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Jul 11, 2022
bgum wrote:
When I was a teenager I worked at a full service gas station and a guy came in with a new car he had just won at a school raffle. He had dropped a plastic cap in the radiator and had been fishing for it for a couple hours. I was able to catch it after about 10 minutes.

I would suggest letting the motor idle and look in the hole to see if it will float by.


The cap was dropped down the oil fill tube, not the radiator. Running the engine would be a terrible idea!

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