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karazycrakr · 12-11-2006, 05:52 PM

okay i lost one on the last valve spring on the exhaust side and it fell in the oil drain in the back of the motor. Anyone know if it would go all the way down to the pan or if it would hurt to leave it there and anyone know where to find that part i cant find it??

Sileighty_85 · 12-11-2006, 07:24 PM

Are you talking about a Shim?

anything floating around in ur engine thats not suppose to be there is bad for your engine, it might end up clogging an oil passage or getting stuck in a spring and grenading ur valve train. Get one on those small magnets on a stick and start poking it in crevices in the head then drop the bottom oil pan

As for a replacement I'm not sure where to find one.

smelly240 · 12-11-2006, 08:44 PM

get a magnet on a stick tool (telescoping magnet for those of us that get raped by our friendly snap on man...) if all else fails pop the lower pan and poke around with the magnet that way... i cant tell you how many times my maggy saved my booty with those lil bastards.

i have dropped em more than once... i've even used that magnet to pull timing chains up when i accidentally drop em into the front cover

karazycrakr · 12-11-2006, 09:59 PM

yea i already poked around with a magnet and i found one of the shim's but the other little bastard got away so im gonna drop the oil pan tomorrow

12-11-2006, 05:52 PM	#1
karazycrakr Join Date: May 2006 Location: louisiana Posts: 4 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	valve spring levelers??? okay i lost one on the last valve spring on the exhaust side and it fell in the oil drain in the back of the motor. Anyone know if it would go all the way down to the pan or if it would hurt to leave it there and anyone know where to find that part i cant find it??

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12-11-2006, 07:24 PM	#2
Sileighty_85 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Misawa, Japan Posts: 6,815 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	Are you talking about a Shim? anything floating around in ur engine thats not suppose to be there is bad for your engine, it might end up clogging an oil passage or getting stuck in a spring and grenading ur valve train. Get one on those small magnets on a stick and start poking it in crevices in the head then drop the bottom oil pan As for a replacement I'm not sure where to find one.

12-11-2006, 08:44 PM	#3
smelly240 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Philaburbia Age: 47 Posts: 2,137 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	get a magnet on a stick tool (telescoping magnet for those of us that get raped by our friendly snap on man...) if all else fails pop the lower pan and poke around with the magnet that way... i cant tell you how many times my maggy saved my booty with those lil bastards. i have dropped em more than once... i've even used that magnet to pull timing chains up when i accidentally drop em into the front cover

12-11-2006, 09:59 PM	#4
karazycrakr Join Date: May 2006 Location: louisiana Posts: 4 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yea i already poked around with a magnet and i found one of the shim's but the other little bastard got away so im gonna drop the oil pan tomorrow