bolt in oil pan
 

Had anybody found a loose bolt in the oil pan? And where could it have come from?

is it a small bolt with an 8mm head?

I'm not real sure of the size, I got a call from the dealership with the news. All they said there was a small bolt in thr the oil pan.

If I had to guess id say it made its way down from a previous hpop repair.

I havnt had any problems, do you think she's good to run? Or should I dump a bunch of cash chasing it down?

well why was it at dealer?

I was getting my coolant power flushed and oil changed.

ah ok. If you haven't had any recent work done to the engine that's pretty crazy but, theres no tellin if that bolt has been in there for a long time from a repair and finally made its way to the pan. If it runs fine I wouldn't worry about it. Knowing what the bolt looks like would help determine where it could have come from.

Just got back from the dealer he thinks its a quadra jet oil bolt. Ever hear of this? Ballpark $1800 just to investigate. How risky is it to run it for a couple thousand miles to save cash?

what in the world is a quadra jet oil bolt? haha

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if its fairly tiny, it could be out of the top of an injector, have seen those come out and end up in the oil pan.

he is probably talking about the piston coolers, it squirts oil into the bottom of the pistons to help keep them cool.
First off if they know there is a bolt in there then that means it was right at the drain pug, did they get it out?? only takes 5 minutes to drop th pan and put a mgnet stick down there to get it if it is too big to come out the hole.
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Sorry about my lousy description, I was running out the door and trying to remember what the mechanic told me..... Anyway he said he thinks it’s the bolt that holds on a piston oiler, he believes the bolt backed out and the oiler is probably hanging down broken. The bolt is still in the pan and he said it’s an 8mm. They wanted like $500 to drop the pan and $1800+ to pull the engine, and investigate the problem. They said there is no other way to determine its origin, and if the piston overheats my engine is screwed. I would like to put it off for a bit to come with the cash but I don’t want to smoke my engine. I'm really new to whole diesel thing so I apologize for my ignorance.

Thanks for your posts I'm learning some stuff, I'll probably need to know down the road.

$500 TO DROP THE PAN!?!?!?! What kinda meth are they on?

It seemed high to me too. I guess I gotta check out some local shops or learn to turn big wrenches.

I'd run it :w2:

My question is how does he know there is a bolt in the pan if he hasnt dropped it yet? Sounds fishy to me.

Yeah it seems odd to me as well, I don't know if it was poking out of the drain or what. Its a bad deal, I gotta spend 2Gs just to verfy IF there's a problem or risk toasting the whole engine, and who even knows how long its been that way.

Put your 2k in your pocket for when you know your truck needs fixin and run it. :c:

Can't they scope it?