Dropped something under the ecu box....help?

deletedelete · 02-27-2010, 11:57 AM

The cowl is held down by two screws on each end with a flat metal piece that the screws go into. Well that small metal piece slide off and fell under the ecu box. Where does that lead? I dont know if I should try and remove the ecu box completely and look under there, or if I should jack the car up and try to get into the passengers fender well or undercarriage.

Its snowing and freezing and too cold to be out there when I dont know what I should be doing. Hopefully the ecu box doesnt have any deep holes underneath and the piece is just sitting under there. Still its a pita to get that ecu box completely out and im not sure if it can even be done. Thanks.

._. · 02-28-2010, 09:30 PM

buy a replacement, if the dealer makes a fuss if they ever find it blame it on the awful work of the tech. I've had clips broken on the cowl by careless techs.

gt3fever · 03-01-2010, 02:40 AM

i dropped 1 bolt under the ECU box but couldn't remove it either...

anyone knows how to?

02-27-2010, 11:57 AM	#1
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._. Colonel 74 Rep 2,353 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Miami iTrader: (15)	buy a replacement, if the dealer makes a fuss if they ever find it blame it on the awful work of the tech. I've had clips broken on the cowl by careless techs.
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gt3fever Major 77 Rep 1,232 Posts Drives: 992 GT3, G87 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Socal, Taiwan iTrader: (15)	i dropped 1 bolt under the ECU box but couldn't remove it either... anyone knows how to?
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