3.3TT Mystery Object Help

[0zman99]

Hey all, I was underneath my car and dropped the oil cover. I found this on the drivers side beside the oil pan. Any idea what it is?

It has a metallic sound when dropped.

 

[Hacksaw907]

It's a screw cover. You'll find one on the charge pipe where it mates with the throttle body

 

[ChaneRZ]

You can live without that.

 

[0zman99]

I figured it wasn't something super important as it's a nut cover. Anyways, my mechanic found out that it was part of the intake system near the airbox.

 

[SKStinger]

As others said, just a nut cover for one of the clamps but always a bit scary when you remove the belly pan and something metal falls out...

 

[vipeboy2000]

haha just recently dropped the screw cover myself into the engine bay... i'm sure it'll fall out at some point when the pan comes off.

 

[ecko04]

Weight reduction

 

[RogueIV]

I just noticed one of these on my garage floor yesterday, had no clue what it came from.

 

[0zman99]

I just noticed one of these on my garage floor yesterday, had no clue what it came from.

They sit on the clamps right before the throttle body if I recall right

 

[87and66]

I found one of these on one of the underbody panels and thought "hmmmm..... can't be that important"