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Dec 6, 2010 | 11:26 PM

cvincent

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need help asap

i just got my ex with 7.3 back from shop today., had oil change, and some kind of oil tube changed that was leaking

i always like to check the oil after it is done, so went to pull the stick out and it seemed very hard to get out, now it will not go back in at all

i just happened to stop and get some rubber vacuum caps today and one fits over the stick tube, is it ok to run the truck like this?

i am sitting in a parking lot 35 miles from home and need to bring it 40 miles back into the shop in the morn

thinking it will be fine but with my luck that is supposed to breathe there and it will hurt my engine to be sealed up like that?????

any help would be great

thank you!

Dec 6, 2010 | 11:29 PM

papadelogan

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Mine's a bear to get in and out sometimes - I just do my best to line it up but often have to use both hands to get it back in and seated. You might try that. Just grip as close as you can to the end as it's going back in the tube.

As for your cap being OK, I would think so. Worst case is you'll blow a little oil on your engine, but it shouldn't be much, if any.

Dec 7, 2010 | 12:23 AM

cvincent

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well i am heading home, hope it is ok with the cap on it

i have 2 7.3 trucks and neither of them have ever been hard to get the dipstick out or in, i dont like that and want it fixed

i did try angling it several different ways but i could not get it to budge, it feels like something is stuck in there, i hope not

will take it back to the shop in the morn

thanks for the help

Dec 7, 2010 | 01:19 AM

big poppa

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Wonder if they boogered up something at the opening into the oil pan hence the hard in and out dipstick removal.. Ussually its the o-ring from the pan to the tube that goes bad, never heard of the tube itself rusting completely out but I guess its possible..Mine just has at the top a very light surface rust but it wipes off of sorts.

Dec 7, 2010 | 01:30 AM

JockD

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Crawl under the truck and inspect the dipstick tube carefully. It doesn't take much of a tweak to make the dipstick hard to insert. My guess is that when they worked on the oil leak (Oil Cooler?) they jacked up the engine for access and in the process bent the dipstick tube.