i've read on this board that the dipstick tube is just supposed to pull out. (with some wiggling of course.) Well, i spent about an hour yestereday trying to get it out w/out damaging it. After that hour i now have an oval shaped dipstick that is still in my car!
I don't know if i'm doing somthing wrong, but heres what i'm doing. I'm pulling up on the dipstick tube w/visegrips i started by hand, but it wouldn't budge. After about45 min of getting nothing by pulling i went under my car and tried, still nothing. so now i'm wondering is it safe to put WD40 around the base area of the dipstick to get it out? also does anyone have any suggestions on how to get it out?

THANKS,
-abe

EDIT: i don't know how many bolts are holding it in there, but i took the ones out from the bracket that is near the manafold.. if there is any others please do let me know!



[This message has been edited by Abe91Z28 (edited January 11, 2001).]

 

You mean the dipstick tube? I think there's a few bolts holding it on to the engine...

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I believe there is a bolt with holddown braket, similer to the distributer, that holds it in place. Could be wrong.

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Actually it should just come out, with some Force.

I trust that the Engine is still in the car ?


Im not sure about the one peice rear main blocks, but on the two peice it comes right out if you yank on it hard enough



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on my 92 RS, the dipstick holder had a mount piece that bolted to the exhaust manifold.

 

Right... there's a little tab that goes under the 3rd manifold bolt back. Has a 9/16" nut holding it to the manifold stud.

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yea i yanked that bold (i had to remove some AIR tubes, but they aren't being reused so) i thought the bolt was a 14mm? but, yea once i took that out i saw the bracket that was welded to the dipstick come off the manafold. So, now its just a matter of pulling it out?

 

Should come out, may need a few love taps upward from underneath.

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It is a real pain to take it out. When I installed my headers it actually was the hardest part of the whole install. What I did was bend it towards the engine as far as possible and then get you hand as close to the bottom of the tube as you can and pull straight towards you. If it doesn't move you are going to have to drop the starter and guide it out from the bottom as a buddy pulls it from the top. Also try shooting the the base of it with penetraiting oil but don't spray it insde the tube since it won't help any, mine had some rust beginning to form on it so maybe it rusted to the block.

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If you've removed the nut holding it onto your exhaust manifold stud, the only other thing holding it is just plain old stubborness. I've found that if you can get it to where you can twist it back and forth, you can usually work it upwards gradually as you twist it. Just make sure the tube is actually twisting in the hole, not twisting into two pieces. I've broke them off in the block before, then you really have a fiascal on your hands!

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