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  • 14-12-2023 5:39pm
    #1
    BlakeS94
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭


    Doing injector seals on ford focus 2012 1.6 tdci, dropped high pressure union nut down the pipe on the injector near to timing belt, any idea how to get it back? Car is a paperweight till then. Can't even see the nut it's gone right down to the fuel rail.

    Please help I fucked up on this one I feel. Any access from below?


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  • #2
    sniperman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭sniperman


    tie a small magnet,or a piece of magnet,the same size as nut,on a string,/fishing line,drop it in,should follow the same path as the nut,and stick to the nut (hopefully) then pull it out, this worked for me on a lost nut



  • #3
    kirving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,081 ✭✭✭kirving


    Could you get a length of hose, wider than the pipe, and just narrower than the nut, and push it down? It will follow the path of the pipe, and hopefull latch onto the nut.

    You could also put a blob of very thick grease or bluetac onto the end of the hose to try and help it grab the nut.



  • #4
    BlakeS94
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭BlakeS94


    Thanks lads, ended up lifting the car and guiding it up from the bottom with a screwdriver around the turns, and then pulled it up with a magnet from the engine bay

    my arms look like I was mauled by a bear but its done. Panic over. Any other one and it'd have been easy to get.

    Then the leak off pipes broke so have to wait till tomorrow and hopefully she'll run grand.



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