Some vehicles have a magnet on the drain plug, but most don't. If it is in the bottom of the oil pan, it probably won't hurt anything, but if you are not sure you can always pull the pan off and remove it. You can do that without pulling the motor in most cars.If the screw falls in the oil pan is it bad or is there a magnet on the bottom of the pan?What screw can break with an oil change? Do you mean the drain plug bolt? This is a pretty heavy bolt to just break off. This question makes no sense to me, please give further details about what has happened, until then i would not attempt to start the engine, if the screw is lodge elsewhere other than in the pan, you could destroy the pistons or valves. Are you sure it is in the pan? If so, then you should be OK, and maybe if you install a magnetic drain plug, you may get lucky and catch it with the magnet.
good luck......If the screw falls in the oil pan is it bad or is there a magnet on the bottom of the pan?not sure how you broke a screw on an oil change,but i imagine it's actually in the cylinder head.try to dislodge it by pouring the drain oil back into the filler hole as fast as you can(dont use a funnel, it wont flow enough}.you need a screen of some sort over your catch pan to see if you got it. better yet,get a flexible magnetic probe and search the head that way before using the high volume oil techniqueIf the screw falls in the oil pan is it bad or is there a magnet on the bottom of the pan?nothing bad should happen. The oil pickup tube that is connected to the oil pump has a screen and that won't let it get sucked up. Try a strong magnet and draw it toward the hole of the drain plug to remove the broken piece. Also, you can purchase a drain plug with a built in magnet for extra protection.If the screw falls in the oil pan is it bad or is there a magnet on the bottom of the pan?the oil pump pickup on the engine has a strainer, its not meant to clean the oil, but the holes in it are small enough that nothing can usually get through unless its the size of a grain of sand.If the screw falls in the oil pan is it bad or is there a magnet on the bottom of the pan?it would be very difficult for a screw to fall into the oil pan from the top of the motor pull the valve cover, use a magnetic pick up tool, but find that screw before you do anything else
