I installed a spider assembly in my 95 S10 blazer with no problems until I decided since the since the plenum was off I thought it would be a good time to change the distributor cap and rotor.
That is when the trouble started I dropped one of the rotor screws down the intake I was tired and did not think about covering the intake holes.
I talked to a mechanic and he said not to worry the screw should blow out the exhaust valve so like a BIG Dummy i tried that.
I like a fool started the engine and immediately heard a banging noise and turned off the engine.
I called the mechanic back and he said the screw is soft metal and will flatten out and not to worry "I did not start up the engine and I am not about to take his advice"
So what are my options if any ?
TIA

 

Wow,what a stupid *** supposed 'mechanic' in my view!I mean a valve seat,cylinder walls,piston V.S. anything metallic= damage. I would take that plenum back off and get some kind of bendable rodded device that has a 'fixed' magnet that will not come off it, and see what happens.You may have to pull off more of your engine if it doesn't surface.
..i wonder how many muffler camshafts that mechanic replaced in his life time..

 

ha! are you sure you called an auto mechanic and not a carpenter or something lol

 

I did the same to a Nova i owned.. big mistake.. broke the piston.. if i had to do it over agian.. i would of tried a magnet thru the spark plug holes .. but prepare yourself.. it doesnt sound good

 

More than likely it is still in the valve area on top.

 

Ouch! I dropped a wrench down a rebuilt diesel right after we had it mostly reassembled...luckily no disassembly required.

 

You can only hope that it did not make it into the cylinder. But from the description of the noise, it has... Your only choice is to remove the head. Well, that is unless you have a bore scope that can be put through the spark plug hole on the suspected cylinder.

 

this guy should not be calling himself a mechanic .... he may of cost you an engine ... you may of gotten lucky but you could of wrecked a piston or damaged one of the valves.... At this point the only thing you can do is tear down the top end of the engine and take a look to see if there is any damage. this includes removing the heads and taking a look at the piston surface for any damage, also check your valves or any damage, and defiantly find that screw and get it out of there...if you don't find any damage, and find the screw then reassemble and try to start it .... but reassembly will require new Head gaskets at least (you may want to think about replacing the other gaskets live valve covers and intake gaskets while you have it torn apart.

 

When you get that screw take it to your "mechanic" and stick it up his nose. LOL.

 

When you get the head off, check for a bent valve by filling the suspected port with parts washer fluid. If there is no leakage (or a very minimal seepage), then the valve is sealing properly.