dipstick tube

1. sax_o_milley Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 oldham lad now in billingham Posts: 1349 white mk1 vtr

   #1 1st March 2012, 20:44

   can you pull the dipstick tube out????
   
   bit of plastic broke off my dipstick & stuck in tube,just wondered how you get it out
2. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #2 1st March 2012, 21:17

   It unbolts mate,not sure if its 1 or 2 bolts but it deffo unbolts.
3. BertieG Established Member Joined: Oct 2009 exeter, devon Posts: 1224 Clio 172

   #3 1st March 2012, 21:17

   the top half comes off easy if you unbolt it from the head. bottom must come off but im unsure how
4. Baz Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2005 Coventry Posts: 17782 Fiesta ST150

   #4 1st March 2012, 21:19

   keep seeing this happen to alot of people....is it only my dipstick thats actually metal?
5. danny-vts Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2010 Chesterfield/Nottingham Posts: 7147 dead vts. twisted 106 gti. '03' vtrrrr

   #5 2nd March 2012, 00:41

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Baz keep seeing this happen to alot of people....is it only my dipstick thats actually metal?

   i had a metal one too
   
   
   
   as for removing the tube, top half there is a 10mm bolt holding it on the head, bottom half (i think) you have to remove the sump
6. kennym1987 Established Member Joined: Sep 2007 Armadale, West Lothian Posts: 1230 flatty 16v sleeper and a regular vts

   #6 2nd March 2012, 11:22

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Baz keep seeing this happen to alot of people....is it only my dipstick thats actually metal?

   mine is metal
7. m3wood Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2012 dereham Posts: 429 mitsubishi carisma saxo vtr

   #7 2nd March 2012, 11:29

   if its gone down the tube dont worry about it ... its only plastic and it will end up in the oil filter ... it happend to mine too