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There have been issues with dipstick handles breaking off and dipstick stuck in tube. Here is a simple way to remove that broken dipstick. On the valve cover there is a hose that leads to the intake tube. Remove this hose and with a blow nozzle blow compressed air into the valve cover. The broken dipstick will shoot out of the tube. Simply install the new dipstick into the tube.
remove the dipstick tube from the block/sump
they are either held in by a clamp and retaining bolt or are a tap in interference fit
use something like a pair of vice grips and tap out with a hammer
These tubes normally don't come out easily. They are usually held in place with a small bracket welded to the tube and held in place with a bolt. Some are press fit to some degree. You should be able to see a small O ring on the base of the dipstick tube if it is not broken off in the block. Is there any sign of the dipstick tube showing a rusted off bracket used to hold it? If the tube is not broken off in the block, the labor charge should not be more than half an hour
Many dipstick holders are bolted to the engine...removing this bolt and the dipstick tube should also retrieve the dipstick...you may need a new tube, as well as dipstick...Hope this helps.
check to see where it goes into the tranny case,it may be broken,if so, then you need to remove the broken piece of tube then replace the whole tube where the dipstick goes into. If you mean the part that holds the dipstick holder with dipstick,then there should be a bracket that has an eyelet that bolts on the somewhere on the engine block to keep from moving around.
A pair of needle nose pliers can be used to retreive it if its not too far down the tube. If you cant see it use a telescoping magnet slide it slowly into the tube so you can feel it make contact with the broken dip stick.
It's only 2 bolts to detach dipstick tube from block and if it doesn't pull the broken piece out when u remove tube u should see the piece sticking out of block to pull it out by hand!!!
I gather from reading this that your dipstick has broken off and is still partway stuck in the tube and you cannot get it out or put a new one in? IF that is the problem, you can unhook the tube from the spot that it connects to the engine and slide the old stick out, put the tube back on and put the new dipstick back on it. There may be a bracket holding the tube in place that you have to loosen or remove. To remove the tube just pull it straight out.
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