HELP!!!!! Possible Major OOPS - Cylinder Head E Clip?

[hoppps]

2016 1500, 5.7L

I was doing the head gasket, I'm torquing everything down with my angle meter, and I look in the head a see a C-clip.

OOF!

Any idea what this might be to? Not entirely sure its even engine related, but it somehow was laying in my cylinder head. I took the head off for about 15min, had it covered in a different area of the garage while scraping the gasket surface on the block, put it back on, did my thing with bolts and torque, and then right at the end I see if sitting in the head.

Does it belong to anything in the engine? None of the valve springs seemed loose like they wanted to fly off and kill me

 

[hoppps]

I'm really hoping it came off of the harbor freight special breaker bar or torque angle meter....

 

[crackerjack1957]

That's an e-clip......nothing major I can think of......not sure where it came from.

 

[tron67j]

That looks like clip that holds ratchet head in wrench handle. I can't think if any part in engine held by a clip like that. They banging wrench on raised surface and see if you can drive innards out.

 

[RedSRT4Me]

2016 1500, 5.7L

I was doing the head gasket, I'm torquing everything down with my angle meter, and I look in the head a see a C-clip.

OOF!

Any idea what this might be to? Not entirely sure its even engine related, but it somehow was laying in my cylinder head. I took the head off for about 15min, had it covered in a different area of the garage while scraping the gasket surface on the block, put it back on, did my thing with bolts and torque, and then right at the end I see if sitting in the head.

Does it belong to anything in the engine? None of the valve springs seemed loose like they wanted to fly off and kill me

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Nothing in the head would use that clip. Possible coincidence it fell in during that 15 minute window though.

 

[ToxicFire]

Man I so ocd I would have to rip it all.apart and check everything. Would drive me nuts lol.



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[Dodge 1500 4X4]

That doesn't look like anything engine related, did you use any lifting equipment that that E ring held together, thats a external ring, a ratchet uses a internal ring.