I moved this from the tech area, as no one reads that...

it was a beautiful sunday. had the idea to change the oil in my G35. Everything was going fine until the silver foil sealer thing that appears when you unscrew the top of a new five quart oil container decided to ruin my day. Saw it go right down the funnel into the engine. About the size of a nickel. I tried flushing it out of the drain plug whole with about 10 more quarts of oil, but did not see it again. I really do not want to drop the pan or remove valve cover (never done that) and am wondering what my options are. Any suggestions? any help would be very thankful.

Is pulling the valve cover a big deal, and is there pics anywhere?

by the way....please stop laughing.

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2005 g35 coupe

 

oh man that stinks but u need to get it out b4 you start the car again. I have never removed the valve covers on the g but im sure it is gonna be time consuming to remove all the crap in the way

 

I've done that to my car before but left it in there b/c knew it would be a PITA to remove, but never had trouble since. Knock on wood

 

yea you definately need to get it out. I am sure that it is just sitting nicely on your valve springs though and once you get the valve cover off you will get it easy. Good luck

 

that suck now im scared 2 change my oil and i have no clue what you would do

 

Get it out, don't risk it. It may do nothing, it may ruin something and cost you a ton more to fix. I don't know how to fix it, but find a way.

Oh, and next time, remove the cap/seal away while you're away from the car so it doesn't happen again.

 

ouch that sucks, i guess that's a lesson to pull those things of entirely.
hope everything works out ok for you.

 

I did something similar with a small rubber grommet (don't ask).

My friend who is a master tech at Nissan said that there is a frit that won't allow big things to get into the oil supply. He also said that even if something (like your seal) got into the cams that they would just chew it up and spit it out.

I wouldn't worry about it at all.

 

you tried flashing a light inthere to see if u can see it? i doubt it would fall into the oil pan because the oil passage is not big at all. your other only bet is to take the valve cover off. shouldnt be too hard to do.

 

Hey look on the bright side.... If you do take it apart you can change the pistons / rods / bearings and beef up your internals to handle 500rwhp.... hell go for it...

 

First time I've heard of an engine oil flush. I hope you didn't pour 10 quarts of the good stuff through there. That could get kinda pricey.

 

Its a piece of foil, its not going to damage anything.

 

I agree with people who say to leave it. It should just get chewed up.

 

I wouldn't worry about it too much. It's just a tiny piece of foil. My dad dropped the paper cap gasket (back when they weren't sealed with foil) from an oil bottle into the motor like that before and the car ran for another 150K miles and was still running when he sold it. If you dropped a nut or a bolt in there, then you should worry.

 

Man...that's a tough one. Personally, I'd take the valve cover off and remove the piece of foil. The only thing that will suck is removing anything in the way to get the cover off.