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Pen dropped on oil filler hole.
« on: December 08, 2018, 05:36:52 PM »
Yeah. My daughter dropped a pen on the oil filler hole and I can't see the pen on the hole. Ill try to remove the oil pan covee. Hope it works. Sigh

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Re: Pen dropped on oil filler hole.
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2018, 08:22:37 PM »
Oil pan cover on what?
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Re: Pen dropped on oil filler hole.
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2018, 03:12:50 AM »
Depending on what scoot you’ve got - I’m not sure about other models, but the 125cc models have a biggish oil drain plugs which hold the oil sieve in place. That outlet is quite close to the filler hole.

Maybe you can just drain the oil, remove that big plug, and try to hook the pen out with a piece of wire. If the filler- and drain holes on your scoot is located at the same locations as on my 125, the pen should be lying quite close to that big plug.

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Re: Pen dropped on oil filler hole.
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2018, 06:28:27 PM »
Yeah. My daughter dropped a pen on the oil filler hole and I can't see the pen on the hole. Ill try to remove the oil pan covee. Hope it works. Sigh

Your local auto supply store should stock an extendable magnetic tool thingy should might be able to retrieve the pen without taking anything apart.
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Re: Pen dropped on oil filler hole.
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2018, 12:20:08 PM »
How about drain the oil, then using your shop vac to suck the pen out the way it went in....
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Re: Pen dropped on oil filler hole.
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2018, 03:29:32 PM »
If it's a plastic pen (most are), you won't get it with a magnet. I'd grab a cheap pickle picker and fish around with that, before I started taking things apart. Here's some:

https://tinyurl.com/Pickle-Pickers

Edited to fix bad URL.
« Last Edit: December 11, 2018, 10:04:49 PM by Fogie »
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Re: Pen dropped on oil filler hole.
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2018, 01:39:52 AM »
Or the Red Green method:

Hang the scoot wheels up from a tree and shake the snot out of it.

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Re: Pen dropped on oil filler hole.
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2018, 03:41:23 AM »
Any updates Looper?

Ya get it out of there?

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