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Why dipstick didn't go in
Posted by peter charak (more from peter charak) on Mon, 28 Jul 2003 15:40:31
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A few days ago I posted a question about a stubborn dipstick reinsertion. No one on the board had come across this, so I promised to post when I figured it out. The car is an 85 16V turbo with auto transmission, and the oil fill is through the fat dipstick tube. When I pulled the plastic tube I saw the problem right away. Although the tube is about 20 mm the hole for the is only about 10 mm. Consequently, the slight tube curvature would cause the dipstick to bottom out near the tube's edge and completely miss the hole. I took a wheel nut, drilled out the thread and then drilled a "funnel" into the nut with a 22 mm bit. This nut at the bottom of the tube now guides the dipstick in without any more hangups. I speculate that the transmission in this vehicle came from an 8 valve engine, and originally had the thin dipstick tube.
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