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Author:  BigBlockBanjo [ Sat May 05, 2007 4:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Broke my dipstick...
Hey guys,
I started my engine up, and was in the process of setting the lash. It was tapping pretty good, so I ran it a little bit to get it hot. After I was through, I pulled my dipstick out the check the oil level and......nothing. I got scared at first, thinking I had leaked all my oil out. Then I looked real close at the end of the stick. About 2in. of the stick is broke off. :shock:
Is this bad? Could I have damaged anything? I'm fixing to change to break-in oil, so I think I can fish it out then. But did that little piece do damage on it's ride to the oil pan?
Thanks,
BBBanjo
Author:  icaneat50eggs [ Sat May 05, 2007 4:41 pm ]
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It shouldnt hurt anything, it happened to me, the last time I changed the oil it came out on its own. Had I tried to get it out on purpose, I would still be trying to get it out.
Author:  Jeffc [ Sat May 05, 2007 10:57 pm ]
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:shock: :?
I broke 2 after I changed my intake/exhaust mans out,
Thought the frist one was a fluke till the 2nd one
broke----------
the dip stick tube had been bent too far 'outboard'
when the exchange was done...
:oops:
I had a few old polyhead 318 sticks, seem to
be the same stick so used ones I had around...
Author:  Rug_Trucker [ Sun May 06, 2007 6:39 am ]
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I read once someone pulled and engine apart and found 6 of those tips in there :lol:
Author:  Davey [ Sun May 06, 2007 6:42 am ]
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I don't see how it laying at the bottom of the oil pan could hurt anything. It might be different if the oil pump laid on the pan bottom like many other engines, but even then there's a screen to keep out the chunks. On our slants the oil pump is up up and away...I'd say run it with confidence. Davey
Author:  Romeo Furio [ Sun May 06, 2007 1:58 pm ]
Post subject:  broken sticks
Very common, broke 2 in my life time,still in the engines pans with no harm done.Good luck fishin' most end up in the pickup screen.
Again bend the tube so that the stick stays away from the crank.318's vary in length. You can cut and remark the stick yourself if you don't find the right one.
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