*!~>#^!! fuel pump push rod fell into oil pan!

[64SF]

one step forward four steps back.
Fuel pump push rod fell into oil pan...now what.

 

[beanhead]

....take the pan off? I know, more.
A positive- it was free in there, not bound up or dug into the lobe or something bad

 

[khryslerkid]

You could try a long *!>#<#!! flexible magnet.

 

[mtbase]

Yea
A flexable magnet. You might find it through the oil drain plug.

If you get it without dropping the oil pan...buy a lottery ticket

Good luck to you

 

[beanhead]

Oh and if you attempt it with a magnet make sure it's screwed together tight! (I was fishing a screw out of an electrical conduit once and the magnet fell off it's telescoping shaft...doh!)

 

[69Bee]

Two points to ponder:

A) How the hell did the pushrod even get into the oil pan since it is longer than the gap between the bore and outside of the engine
B) It won't hurt anything as it is too big to be sucked up into the oil pump let alone get past the screen in the pickup tube

 

[super-bee_ski]

one step forward four steps back.
Fuel pump push rod fell into oil pan...now what.

Oh my gosh
I'm the same way
I never seem to get a break!

Sorry Dude!

 

[69a100]

My brother found a oil pan bolt in his oil pan upon breakdown of the motor at 83K, been there since new as he was the 2nd owner. So what's the problem again?

 

[mopar 3 B]

Two points to ponder:

A) How the hell did the pushrod even get into the oil pan since it is longer than the gap between the bore and outside of the engine
B) It won't hurt anything as it is too big to be sucked up into the oil pump let alone get past the screen in the pickup tube

If for some reason it ever left the bottom of the pan? To the. OP Just make darn sure thats were it is.
Now tell us why you put it there.

 

[65Fury440]

I'd be worried it could fall down into the timing chain area and tangle with the lower sprocket and chain.
That would not be pretty.

I hate days like that!

 

[64SF]

Tomorrow going fishing with long flexible magnet pick up tool....will post results tomorrow.

 

[64SF]

I'd be worried it could fall down into the timing chain area and tangle with the lower sprocket and chain.
That would not be pretty.

I hate days like that!

Guess I won’t get much sleep tonight after reading this post....thanks 65Fury440.

 

[65Fury440]

Guess I won’t get much sleep tonight after reading this post....thanks 65Fury440.

On the contrary, it would be easier to pluck up from there!

 

[moparedtn]

I'm still trying to figure out how this happened also.
You have to typically remove the pipe plug on the block below the fuel pump mounting hole to get the thing out usually?

 

[Cranky]

I had a lifter collapse in a 383 and well, the retainer was missing after that and it stayed in the pan. It sure wasn't in the lifter valley. Sold the car many years later that way.

 

[mtbase]

Guess I won’t get much sleep tonight after reading this post....thanks 65Fury440.

I think that the rod getting caught in the timing chain a million to one shot. More than likely, it will make it's way to the bottom of the pan and stay there. Put it on your short list of things to do when you can get at the oil pan. Maybe when you change your oil, you can stick a round magnet on a stick in the drain hole and fish around a little....you could just get lucky. Until then, you want to drive careful, and let the rod make it's way down to the bottom.

 

[roadrunnerh]

I would definitely want to get it out of there!

 

[mopar 3 B]

Only thing if he can not change a fuel pump push rod without dropping it in the oil pan. What else can go wrong? Can he loose the carb in there also? Still have no idea how the rod ended up in the pan. He needs to explain that one. Can not imagine it being picked up and thrown around by the crank or rods. But if it did oh the damage it could cause.
Getting it out of there would be just treatment for putting it there to begin with.

 

[Bighead440]

The last time I dealt with pushrods in the oil pan was a '69 383 Road Runner (positive deck) engine. The customer's son installed a .509" PurpleShaft without checking any clearances, and had severe V/P clearance issues and kicked most of the pushrods out. Had to R&R the oil pan to remove several, and then installed my "go-to" 383 bone stock engine grind, the Crane 272/284, .456/.480, 112LSA hydraulic cam. Perfection!!

 

[Ranger16]

I think that the rod getting caught in the timing chain a million to one shot. More than likely, it will make it's way to the bottom of the pan and stay there. Put it on your short list of things to do when you can get at the oil pan. Maybe when you change your oil, you can stick a round magnet on a stick in the drain hole and fish around a little....you could just get lucky. Until then, you want to drive careful, and let the rod make it's way down to the bottom.

I would agree. I once dropped the distributor hold down bolt down the distributor hole. It got caught on the crankshaft. I must have fished for it for 2 hours before I heard it hit the pan. It stayed there and never caused a problem.