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Old 04-04-2013 | 09:08 PM
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Had anybody found a loose bolt in the oil pan? And where could it have come from?
 
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Old 04-05-2013 | 08:05 AM
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is it a small bolt with an 8mm head?
 
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Old 04-05-2013 | 08:41 AM
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I'm not real sure of the size, I got a call from the dealership with the news. All they said there was a small bolt in thr the oil pan.
 
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Old 04-05-2013 | 09:30 AM
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If I had to guess id say it made its way down from a previous hpop repair.
 
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Old 04-05-2013 | 09:43 AM
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I havnt had any problems, do you think she's good to run? Or should I dump a bunch of cash chasing it down?
 
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Old 04-05-2013 | 10:11 AM
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well why was it at dealer?
 
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Old 04-05-2013 | 12:14 PM
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I was getting my coolant power flushed and oil changed.
 
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Old 04-05-2013 | 02:40 PM
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ah ok. If you haven't had any recent work done to the engine that's pretty crazy but, theres no tellin if that bolt has been in there for a long time from a repair and finally made its way to the pan. If it runs fine I wouldn't worry about it. Knowing what the bolt looks like would help determine where it could have come from.
 
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Old 04-05-2013 | 02:43 PM
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Just got back from the dealer he thinks its a quadra jet oil bolt. Ever hear of this? Ballpark $1800 just to investigate. How risky is it to run it for a couple thousand miles to save cash?
 
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Old 04-05-2013 | 03:12 PM
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what in the world is a quadra jet oil bolt? haha

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if its fairly tiny, it could be out of the top of an injector, have seen those come out and end up in the oil pan.
 

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