Broken dip stick - need help.
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Broken dip stick - need help.
Happy Halloween all.
I have a 2002 F350 with a 7.3. The other day when changing the oil I pulled the dip stick and the top came off the actualy stick portion. I tried to fish it out of the tube but only pushed in in further.
Crawling underneath the truck, I noticed the tube enters the oil pan through a threaded mount. Can I simply unthread this mount, remove the tube and fish out the dip stick?
Any guidance is appreciated.
I have a 2002 F350 with a 7.3. The other day when changing the oil I pulled the dip stick and the top came off the actualy stick portion. I tried to fish it out of the tube but only pushed in in further.
Crawling underneath the truck, I noticed the tube enters the oil pan through a threaded mount. Can I simply unthread this mount, remove the tube and fish out the dip stick?
Any guidance is appreciated.
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If you loosen that big nut on the dipstick tube flange the flange can fall into the oil pan. Best solution is to remove the tube from the flange. It just pulls out of the flange and has an o-ring seal. Remove the nut that holds the tube bracket at the valve cover studded bolt and pull the tube up and out. Make sure you hold the bracket tight when loosening that nut. Also have the specially formed dipstick tube o-ring to re-install the tube.
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Thanks for the replies. Looking at it in more detail, you are correct that i only need to remove the tube to get to the stick.
Thought about a magnet, only problem is part of the plastic Tee handle is still there (no metal).
Removing the tube will be the best way to go.
Thanks
Thought about a magnet, only problem is part of the plastic Tee handle is still there (no metal).
Removing the tube will be the best way to go.
Thanks
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Mine was broke off when I bought it. I was able to dig a knife into it at the top and wedge it up out and grab the rest with pliers... If you pushed it in more, this might not help you though...
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Where it goes into the pan or...? Mine goes in but stops short about 5" from the bottom... I was wondering if the tube was bent but didn't appear to be...
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Edit : What gets bent is the bracket that holds the top of the tube.
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Thanks for the rep.
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