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Dropped something in the lower intake

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Old Jul 19, 2020 | 5:05 PM
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I dropped the little platic piece that snaps the gasket on the lower intake manifold into one of the holes. Do I need to take everything back apart? Or would it be fine. I heard two different things. 1. It would blow out the exhaust 2. It will go into my block. I really hope it isnt the second one

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Old Jul 19, 2020 | 6:57 PM
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how lucky do you feel?
the safe bet is to remove it. removing the manifold isn't that time consuming.
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Old Jul 20, 2020 | 1:36 AM
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if you're lucky, it's just sitting on a valve right now. Try using compressed air and a piece of thin copper tube or something to reach in there and blow it out.
Or a vacuum.
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