Manual_Man
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- Vehicle Year
- 1994
- Make / Model
- XLT 2 Door 2.3
- Engine Type
- 2.3 (4 Cylinder)
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
- My credo
- Drive it forever if you can.
Hi all,
Something happened that never should have even if I tried. When prepping deck of 1994 2.3 to set replacement head, there was a slip. The rear alignment dowel fell into the oil return hole in top rear right side of block.
Could not have made that happen if I tried. So my question is am I screwed?
The pin is not visible via borescope, highly unlikely to be recovered with block in vehicle or even possibly out.
I am wondering will this dowel simply drop to an oil gally floor and sit harmless, drop to the oil pan and sit harmless or do I have a bigger problem to deal with?
Thank You.
The attached image has same exact deck but slightly different on some accessory mounts. It was downloaded and represents a slightly different year.
Something happened that never should have even if I tried. When prepping deck of 1994 2.3 to set replacement head, there was a slip. The rear alignment dowel fell into the oil return hole in top rear right side of block.
Could not have made that happen if I tried. So my question is am I screwed?
The pin is not visible via borescope, highly unlikely to be recovered with block in vehicle or even possibly out.
I am wondering will this dowel simply drop to an oil gally floor and sit harmless, drop to the oil pan and sit harmless or do I have a bigger problem to deal with?
Thank You.
The attached image has same exact deck but slightly different on some accessory mounts. It was downloaded and represents a slightly different year.