Hey, I see your in Texas. I'm in Dallas, you around these parts? I dont think I would crank it, maybe turn over by hand with a socket on the crank pulley? Was it stuck between the valve? Could have blown it back out the exhaust. What was the screw made out of? If it was plastic I wouldn't be too worried, but likely aluminum? Hopefully didnt make it to the turbo..
Got the IM off, throttle body off, and spark plugs out. There seems to be like slight surface scratches on cylinder 3’s head but nothing too bad. Cant seem to actually find the screw, I dont even know if its in cyl 3. I also realized its not magnetic so im going to sweep around the cylinder with some duct tape on a coat hanger. I’ll post pictures tmr of what I see, planning to crank it so I can get cyl 3’s head lower so I can see into it a little better. Definitely nothing that requires replacement parts.
Its possible it may have exited through the exhaust ports if it got in, and could be sitting on one of your cats honeycomb if you still have them or stuck in a muffler somewhere. But good idea to try and still fish around for it. The biggest issue would be if the screw scored the cylinder walls of the the cylinder it could cause oil burning or low compression issues
If it made it to to the cat it would have to have gone through the turbo. You would know as I dont think it would make it between the impeller. Maybe its
Sitting in front of the exhaust impeller..I would assume that as far as it could go.
Where are you in Texas?
It doesn't work like that. You cannot turn the engine over by rotating the wheels in the air. You are just rotating the spider gears in the transmission. Odds are, it went through the valves and the combustion chamber and is in the turbo.Also the reason im convinced its not in the cylinders or valves is because I put the car in gear and lifted one of the wheels. I got it spinning as fast as I could with my hands and I couldnt hear any rattling inside the cylinders that would indicate anything was in there.
Ouch sorry to hear this. I have the Forge boost tap also. Can't figure how this could have happened. Did you drop the screw in the manifold while it was off, or did you tighten it so hard it went right through the tap? Either way sucks man. If you need a new turbo and internals might as well make it awesome if you can afford it.