Hello!
So this weekend I purchased my first car, a green 2000 Toyota Corolla VE with 130,000 miles on it.
I am very excited to have this car, and look forward to learning some basic repairs and helping this car last quite a few years.
I do however, have one question. As embarrassed as I am to admit this...I was changing the battery today, and while doing so I accidentally dropped a bolt down the cold air intake vent which is located right next to the battery. So my first question is, what should I do?! Is this going to ruin my car?
Twice today I noticed that when I tried to accelerate, the engine sort of sputtered. This is not something I noticed these last few days, could this be related to the bolt?
I apologize if this post seems kind of naive, but it is my first car. And any advice would be greatly appreciated!