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General => The garage => Topic started by: patc on 22 April 2012, 12:28
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Help please. Not with my golf but with my mk1 mx5.
I was cleaning the throttle body with a spray and the plastic straw shot off into the intake!!
I cant see it. I have tried a long thing with sticky tape on the end and a hoover but nothing!
Whats the worse that could happen if i started the car??
:sick:
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How long was the 'straw' you need to figure out if its short enough to of made its way down one of the runners!? :wink:
How ever having helped turbo a mk1 mx5 myself I know that taking the inlet manifold off is a very easy and doesnt take long atall
you'd be an idiot to leave it in there :smiley:
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Its like the straws you get with a can of wd40.
Should my local garage be able to get the inlet manifold off quite easily then?
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How long was the 'straw' you need to figure out if its short enough to of made its way down one of the runners!? :wink:
How ever having helped turbo a mk1 mx5 myself I know that taking the inlet manifold off is a very easy and doesnt take long atall
you'd be an idiot to leave it in there :smiley:
Agreed :laugh:
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Personally I would of said that there wouldnt of been enough room in the plenum for the straw to of turned 90degrees and headed down a runner.
I assume youve shon a torch down there to have a look?
*Take your throttle body off, 4 bolts on each corner from what I remember!
*Get a torch and have a look, chances are youl see it laying in the plenum
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Cant get the body at the mo. Only 2 bolts out from the 4. Had a look with a thin torch but cant see sweet fa to be honest. Gonna have to ask local mechanic tomorrow.
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average hourly rate of a mechanic: £36.00 p/hour
Average price of a haynes manualo: £18.00
For everything else, theres Golfgti.co.uk
in other words, go get yourself a haynes manual for your car, and follow the instructions on there to take your inlet manifold of and save yourself some coin in the short, and the long run!
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think these come off easy enough if your conferdent enough give it a go
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Stop being such a girl driving an MX5, and just go for a good run in it to see what happens! :lipsrsealed: :laugh:
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All sorted!!
Have a manual but had to work today.
Local mechanic got the throttle body off and was able to see it and retrieve with a long thing with sticky tape on the end.
And as my mechanic said "don't do it with a f@@king straw again!"
Cheers for people's input
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Stop being such a girl driving an MX5, and just go for a good run in it to see what happens! :lipsrsealed: :laugh:
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Help please. Not with my golf but with my mk1 mx5.
I was cleaning the throttle body with a spray and the plastic straw shot off into the intake!!
Sorry but this is quite funny :grin: :grin: On a more helpfull note, i too cant see it going into the runners to be honnest, but the manifold will come off realy easily, its a few bolts and a bit of wiggling at worst. Dont leave it in there though, bad stuff might happen :grin:
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All solved happily. Got throttle body and and managed to get the fooker!
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Good result in the end then :afro:
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ha ha good good :grin: