Dealership dropped something in cylinder head during spark plug replacement

Maybe it didn't go well, and he snapped and got arrested !!!

 

I do all of my own maintenance, can build HP V8 motors and was a mechanic for about 4 years for a business that did custom work, we built high performance offroad vehicles. Also raced offroad for about 7 years and built my own vehicles that I competed in. Sold the business to a friend and moved onto another business.

 

Well said, seen it more than once, glad I got to get my dig in. Thanks.

 

You can’t even spell mechanic. I doubt you can build a motor.

 

I'm imagining the tech was missing a small tool at the end of the plug change and prob. deduced it fell into the cylinder.

He'll prob. find it under his box 6 mths. from now.

 

That’s what boroscopes are for!

Also @Mully having a bad day.
Be easy on those kids when you yell for them to get off yer lawn

Edit: Mully, what’s worse? Dealer techs? Or California? What about dealer techs IN California?

 

Ok, was typing fast. Fixed, thanks for your correction.

 

Well said, gotta live it here. Thanks for all your advice.

 

Oh I read in the middle now and see.

Well, it's not the first time I'[ve heard of these things but everytime in the past I've heard of a replacement (crate engine) being used.

Maybe it's hard to get one nowadays. Toyota has never been known for that sort of thing. One of the few drawbacks over GM or other Domestic.

I'm pretty patient and forgiving too (I think) but i wouldn't be satisfied with a junkyard engine in a 60K mike truck.

Buy my truck for an inflated price and let me go find another. They f'ed up.

 

Sub’d for a final update.......Or not.

 

Advice is worth what you paid for it

 

I want my money back

 

Back on topic, im a little curious why some you guys thought removing the head to inspect for the missing piece would shorten the lifespan on the engine?

 

This thread's ending is about as satisfying as the @kuffer14 thread.

 

THAT’S THE ONE!!!

I was trying to remember but....

 

In for updates.

Did the OP get a new engine?​

Are dealerships the devil?​

Did Mully win the internet dick measuring contest?​

Did kuffer14 ever paint his truck with bedliner?​

 

No contest, was just being a dick, and judgemental I guess.

 

Glad I didn’t get sucked in for that 41 page @kuffer14 disaster.

 

This is why we come here, it's a never ending story of guess what......

I crapped all over a 3rd Gen thread once, and someone got mad at me.

Threads never die, they just morph into something horrible, but to try and keep things on track. I do hope it all works out for the OP and he gets a new motor.

 

And sometimes they get ed