Engine Problem

[AKchallanger]

I would appreciate some help with a problem. When preparing my 1997 Challenger for use I was spraying some sea foam into the cylinders. On the very last cylinder, the plastic tube shot off the spray nozzle and into the cylinder. I tried to retrieve the tube to no avail. I removed the cylinder head and the tube is not in the main part of the cylinder (see pictures please). I am confident that the plastic tube went down the slot at the three o’clock location in the picture. If this is an exhaust outlet the tube may not cause any problems, however…. Can anyone identify the slot and be of assistance?
Thank you so much

 

[Dr Honda]

First... putting SeaFoam in the engine is a bad idea. It will displace oil, and thats not a good thing. The only thing I spray into the engine is fogging oil at the end of the season.


Regardless, the hole at 3 O'clock is a bypass port. (fuel coming from the crank case) You can take off that jug, an you will probably see it.

 

[AKchallanger]

Sea Foam

I was using the aerosol version of Sea Foam, labeled Deep Creep. The label specifies that it can be used for fogging an engine, is this incorrect? Regardless, if the tube is down an input port the tube will have to be removed, correct?

 

[DonoBBD]

I was using the aerosol version of Sea Foam, labeled Deep Creep. The label specifies that it can be used for fogging an engine, is this incorrect? Regardless, if the tube is down an input port the tube will have to be removed, correct?

If the tube made it into the bottom end it really should not be a big problem. If the tube was steel I would worry.

Nice piston wash. Little rich still but looks good.

Don.

EDIT: looking much closer to the pistons I wonder if those straight lines on the top of the pistons is from the tube running all the way through the motor?

 

[AKchallanger]

The lines were probably due to my efforts to retrieve the plastic tube. I tried a flexible set of fingers and a "necked" down vacuum tube to try and "grab" the tube. All this to no avail. Thanks for your comments