MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Technical Workshop => Topic started by: syamonz on September 09, 2021, 03:20:15 am

Title: HELP!! screw dropped into IM (MK5 GTI)
Post by: syamonz on September 09, 2021, 03:20:15 am

hi
i was trying to tighten the screw on my boost tap when my car was on without know the screw would get sucked in. i was being an idiot and thought a small screw wont do anything. i drove for 15 minutes fine. stopped for a bit and rev the engine and it started misfiring? expensive fix or sell? or engine replacement

Title: Re: HELP!! screw dropped into IM (MK5 GTI)
Post by: pudding on September 09, 2021, 11:28:05 am

If you are lucky, the screw might be jammed in an intake runner flap, but more likely it got into the cylinder and might have bent a valve.

Maybe get a cheap borescope from Amazon and probe it in there through the intake temp sensor hole?

Title: Re: HELP!! screw dropped into IM (MK5 GTI)
Post by: Octoparrot on September 09, 2021, 12:44:39 pm

Or whip out the spark plugs and use a borescope to look in each cylinder.