Urgent help needed with throttle body

[patc]

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??

 

[Chris#101]

How long was the 'straw' you need to figure out if its short enough to of made its way  down one of the runners!? 


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 

[patc]

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?

[clipperjay]

How long was the 'straw' you need to figure out if its short enough to of made its way  down one of the runners!? 


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 

Agreed 

[Chris#101]

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

[patc]

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.

[Sprakie2008]

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!

[gti gaz]

think these come off easy enough if your conferdent enough give it a go

[Seanl]

Stop being such a girl driving an MX5, and just go for a good run in it to see what happens! 

[patc]

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