Dano58 wrote:
> On Mar 19, 3:42 pm, "deniskrupka" <u42255@uwe> wrote:
>> Hey Guys,
>>
>> Forgive me for not knowing anything about cars, but I have a problem I really
>> need some advice on.
>>
>> My girlfriend lost the oil cap on her 1995 Honda Civic last week. When I
>> noticed the leaking oil and the missing cap, I sealed the hole with tinfoil
>> and tape so she could drive a few days until I got a new cap.
>>
>> Well, yesterday we got the new cap and when I went to put it on a pieces of
>> tinfoil (small crunched up balls of it...probably 1 cm diameter) fell in. I
>> don't know the correct name for what it fell in to (the same place you pour
>> the oil when you're low). Two of the pieces just sat close to the top and I
>> managed to get them out with my finger, but one (maybe more) fell into this
>> small hole (again sorry for not knowing the name...but it seems that is where
>> the oil flows when you pour it in). I can see it a bit by looking down with
>> a flashlight, but haven't been able to get it out. The car hasn't been
>> started since then.
>>
>> My questions are:
>> What would be your advice on getting the piece(s) out? If I dont manage to
>> get it out and they stay in there could this cause any problems?
>>
>> Thanks a lot
>
> If they were actually 'tin' foil you could get them with a magnet (one
> of those on a flexible stalk). But since I suspect you mean 'aluminum'
> foil, I go along with what Jim B said - once they get into the
> crankcase the oil pump filter would prevent them from getting back up
> into the engine.
>

<pedantry warning>
/real/ tin, chemical symbol Sn, is not magnetic. "tin", thin iron
sheet, is Fe, and that is. there's very little Fe or Sn foil used and i
definitely doubt the op has access to sufficient quantity to want to
plug the oil filler cap with it.