# 2000 Toyota RAV4 - Oops - dropped into intake

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-toyota-rav4-oops-dropped-into-intake/172322>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota, engines\
**Created:** [November 15, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-toyota-rav4-oops-dropped-into-intake/172322 "2020-11-15T20:20:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Ron44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@Ron44](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ron44)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-toyota-rav4-oops-dropped-into-intake/172322/1 "2020-11-15T20:20:46Z")

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2000 rav4 dropped a small plastic brush into the intake. Trying everything to get it out if the engine is run is that enough plast to wreck a valve or worse?

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-toyota-rav4-oops-dropped-into-intake/172322/2 "2020-11-18T15:26:50Z")

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Yes it is. Get it out of there.

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**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-toyota-rav4-oops-dropped-into-intake/172322/3 "2020-11-18T18:19:56Z")

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Have you tried using a shop-vac to try and suck it out or blow it out using air into the spark plug hole?

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-toyota-rav4-oops-dropped-into-intake/172322/4 "2020-11-18T18:46:19Z")

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Yeah, I’d figure out how to get a hose small enough to snake down to the location of the lost item, tape it up to a vacuum, see if I could pull it out.

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**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-toyota-rav4-oops-dropped-into-intake/172322/5 "2020-11-18T20:13:30Z")

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Or, buy a cheap bore scope. And see if you can find the item? Nice tool to have.