I made a large mistake when replacing a fuel injector!

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I made a large mistake when replacing a fuel injector!

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Hello! This is my first post here, apologies if I've done something wrong.

I recently purchased a Volkswagen Polo 1.6 tdi 2010. A week later, a coil light comes on and the scanner showing that inejctor 4 has an issue. So in an attempt to save some money, I purchased a reconditioned injector and went about fitting it myself. However, what should have been quite an easy job, has now turned into a nightmare, as when I was pulling out one of the injectors, a washer fell off somewhere.

Today I removed the rocker cover to see if I could find it but its still missing, I feel like I've looked everywhere thats visible but still cant seem to find it. Are there any large enough holes that it could have fallen into?

My question is, where could it have gone!? I'm very much feeling down in the dumps and a right mug at the moment... :(

I would assume it would 100% be removed. I'm not very technical with these things, so if anything else would need to be removed then I think I would need to somehow get it to a mechanic who actually knows what they are doing.

Can anyone help me with where it could be and what possible damage it could cause? I would very much appreciate it.

Kind regards,
Taen
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Re: I made a large mistake when replacing a fuel injector!

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Copper washer cant fall into the combustion chamber, unless it breaks into 2 or more pieces.
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Re: I made a large mistake when replacing a fuel injector!

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amer6R wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 11:19 pm Copper washer cant fall into the combustion chamber, unless it breaks into 2 or more pieces.
Oh really? Hmmm I'll have another look tomorrow! I might buy a little magnet and try that also.

Any other suggestions are welcome!
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Re: I made a large mistake when replacing a fuel injector!

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Buy a cheap usb camera/ bore scope.for your cellphone and have a look inside of cylinder if ur unsure.
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Re: I made a large mistake when replacing a fuel injector!

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If it is a copper washer that you have let drop down somewhere, using a magnet will not help at all, copper is not a ferro magnetic material, iron and most steels are though.

Good luck!
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