Dreaded oil dipstick rust!
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Dreaded oil dipstick rust!
Hello, I am sure that this has happened alot. My '03 superduty w/5.4 has a rusted oil dipstick. Right at the block. I tried fishing a wire down thru to the pan, thought I hooked it a couple of times, but it semed stuck. Are there any baffles in the pan that the fish wire could possibly catch on? I don't that tapping the piece thru to the pan should be a problem as half of the stop flange came with the upper part of the stick. Any better ways to do this? Buggy.
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Yes there are baffles in the pan to block wind from the crankshaft in the sump.
I'm guessing you are trying to fish the inner part of the dipstick tube out of the block? If so, why?
Rust on a dipstick is really do big deal... or do you mean it has rusted through and broken, suck inside the tube? If this is the case, yes, it is stuck inside the tube. That is why it broke in the first place.
What is a stop flange?
I'm guessing you are trying to fish the inner part of the dipstick tube out of the block? If so, why?
Rust on a dipstick is really do big deal... or do you mean it has rusted through and broken, suck inside the tube? If this is the case, yes, it is stuck inside the tube. That is why it broke in the first place.
What is a stop flange?
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Sorry, I meant the dipstick tube is rusted and broke at the block not the dipstick itself. Also, what I call the stop flange is the flare of the tube that bottoms on the block, slightly above the sealing o-ring. Sorry for the confusion. Buggy.
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