I was going under the hood of the TL, checking a few things. I unscrewed the engine oil fill cap and I dropped it! It fell somewhere under the hood but I can't find. Is it okay to drive without the engine oil fill cap on. I can't find it and my parents are going to kill me. I'll have to buy a replacement if I can't find but is it okay to drive the car without an engine oil fill cap?

Thanks!

 

find something to cover that thing rite now! plastic over and rubberband(dont drop those into the engine tho..... or ur screwed) dont drive with out the cap dirt and stuff will enter your engine and can scratch up the cylinders!

 

You can't drive the car with EternaLlx's temporary cover, which is a good idea. You're gonna have to catch a ride with someone to your local auto parts store and get a replacement cap.

EDIT: Actually, I don't think you'll be able to rubber band it... there isn't a lip to attach the rubber band to. You need to sit something on top of it.

 

plastic cover and tape it around the engine top cover? hahhaha yeah dont drive till you get a cap for it

 

i bet its stuck on the subframe.. go under the car and look for wide steel bars under the motor. Feel around on top of the frame and see if u can find it.

 

it will look like a big vacuum leak and set a cel most likely, and/or make an oil mess under the hood.
Its likely stuck on something under the engine.

Brett

 

Problem solved! I finally found the cap on top some plastic thing at the bottom near the sub-frame. It was a hard reach because I had to manuver my huge hand and arm around hose and wires but I finally got it. Thanks very much to those who replied. God answered my prayers

 

Just turn the car upside down and shake it.

Any ammount of flashlights going to help you?

 

Good deal...I was gonna say...dont drive it....gonna make a HUGE mess as it most likely spits out little spatters of oil. Not to mention comtaminants. NEVER good to drive without oil cap! You could get away with it for a short while on very OLD oldsmobile engines as they had a filler neck at the front of the engine and it wouldnt "spit" oil....but these days....NO GO on just about every motor! Isnt like the old days where a rag would work!

 

You just had to futz with it, didn't ya.

 

Yeah, I was just a curious.