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    HELP! dropped a screw tap into engine oil passage way

    Yes, I used thread lubricant. The tapper seemed to be made from low-grade material hence it broke off easily I picked up a bendable magnetic pickup tool and after patiently trying to fish it out, I found the metal piece! good thing it was still on the top part of the engine Thanks for the...
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    HELP! dropped a screw tap into engine oil passage way

    Newbie here hoping to get some help from more knowledgable folks in this forum... So I was doing a valve cover gasket job and a re-thread of the valve cover bolt screw holes (using a screw tap) and then the screw tap itself snapped and the other half got stuck in the screw hole (not a...
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