 Where did it go?, oil filler cap went missing... |
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| VaccaRabite |
 Jul 20 2021, 08:36 PM
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En Garde!  Group: Admin Posts: 13,444 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region  |
The oil filler cap has gone missing on my 914.
It was there. I went for a drive for an hour or so. I came back and it was gone. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) Aside from a small amount of oil that must have sloshed up and out I have not found any badness. But I also have not found the filler cap. It had GOT to be in there somewhere but damned if I know where. Searching the top of the motor has yeilded nothing. I've felt around the fan well and can't find it there either - or the remnants of it. Who the hell opened a portal into the engine compartment of my 914? Where T.H. could it have gone to? Zach |
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| SO.O.C914er |
Jul 20 2021, 08:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,249 Joined: 18-July 16 From: Mission Viejo Ca Member No.: 20,199 Region Association: Southern California |
That’s crazy. Did you check down in the fan housing area known to swallow many parts. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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| worn |
Jul 20 2021, 09:05 PM
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can't remember Group: Members Posts: 3,156 Joined: 3-June 11 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 13,152 Region Association: Upper MidWest 
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QUOTE(SO.O.C914er @ Jul 20 2021, 06:53 PM)  That’s crazy. Did you check down in the fan housing area known to swallow many parts. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) That and a rag I had in the engine compartment. Odds are if you can’t find it somewhere amongst the intake it is either in the fan well or past it. Maybe a boroscope will find it, but my luck is iffy with the things. Hope I am wrong though. |
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| NARP74 |
Jul 20 2021, 09:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,067 Joined: 29-July 20 From: Colorado, USA, Earth Member No.: 24,549 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I've had to use a bright light and a mirror to find things down there.
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| VaccaRabite |
Jul 22 2021, 10:19 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,444 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Still can't find it.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/accessibilibuddy.com-1435-1626970745.1.jpg) Went around with a boroscope, still can't find the damned thing. I don't have the heater tubes in the car, so is it possible that I got out via the one of the 2 larger holes in the tin wings for those tubes? Would be a really tight fit. Zach |
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| PanelBilly |
Jul 22 2021, 10:22 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 23-July 06 From: Kent, Wa Member No.: 6,488 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Could you have set it on the roof and it was lost when you drove off?
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| jrmdir |
Jul 22 2021, 10:59 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 224 Joined: 13-May 21 From: Central Ohio Member No.: 25,544 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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I just played with mine and it's surprising how those thin, black discs can become invisible. I'm sure you checked but could it be wedged under the vacuum advance pod, or back under the intake runners or air cleaner?
Ron |
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| maf914 |
Jul 22 2021, 03:09 PM
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Not a Guru! Group: Members Posts: 3,049 Joined: 30-April 03 From: Central Florida Member No.: 632 Region Association: None
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How about the rubber seals around the engine tin? Any gaps?
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| bkrantz |
Jul 22 2021, 07:35 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,766 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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Gremlins?
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| ClayPerrine |
Jul 23 2021, 11:54 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,469 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
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It's the Martians.. The took your oil cap to fix their spaceship. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/very_first_smiley[1].gif)
Now their spaceship is goona rust....... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) |
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| MCShack |
Jul 23 2021, 02:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 7-March 21 From: Ohio, USA Member No.: 25,305 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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Ya check the Hell Hole? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) Maybe someone thought they needed it more than you and decided to swipe it for themselves. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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