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Jun 7, 2009 | 07:50 PM

#11

Spike555

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From: Grand Rapids MI

I would have left it.
I have dropped a small screw into a carb before, it rattled for a few minutes then once it melted all was good.
Plastic would have been gone in no time flat.

Jun 7, 2009 | 09:32 PM

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rrhyne

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From: Leucadia, CA

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Originally Posted by benakbs

I was able to get it out without taking anything apart. I cupped my hand over the throttle body intake and used my garage vac to suck it out of there. Pulled the vac away and there it was. I got VERY lucky.....

You sir, are a freaking genius. Way to go.

Jun 8, 2009 | 05:03 AM

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benakbs

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From: Sumter, SC

It's defintely funny, I laugh about it probably because I was able to get it out. A definite lesson learned on the straws though.

Jun 8, 2009 | 12:16 PM

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NW_rockhound

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From: NW somewhere

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Originally Posted by Spike555

I would have left it.
I have dropped a small screw into a carb before, it rattled for a few minutes then once it melted all was good.
Plastic would have been gone in no time flat.

I watched a guy working next to me at Mitsubishi drop a 1/4in washer down an intake runner. He figured it would do the same as you described. Didn't work for him, engine developed a "death knock." He ended up pulling the cyl. head and fixing it the hard way on his own time - unpayed ofcourse.

Bet your screw was pretty small.

Something about that little straw (I usually loose them before I get to use them) flying off and going into the engine still makes me laugh. Maybe it's just because I have the same kind of luck.