broken oil dipstick! 3s-gte, oh no! what to do?!?! |
broken oil dipstick! 3s-gte, oh no! what to do?!?! |
Jun 29, 2008 - 2:25 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 18, '07 From Ohio Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I have a 3s-gte engine.
my engine is actin funny and I pulled the oil dipstick out but only part of it came out. I think the end of it is inside the hole still. Anybody know a way to get it out safely? I'm sorta freakin out, I'm gonna keep her in the garage untill I can figure this out. thanks |
Jun 29, 2008 - 7:20 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
drop the oil pan
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Jun 29, 2008 - 9:41 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 14, '03 From Long Island, N.Y. Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
yeah get under their and drop the pan, however make sure you have the proper torque specs b/c you dont want to over-tighten the pan
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Jun 29, 2008 - 2:57 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined May 15, '05 From Toronto Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
if u can...thin extendable magnet and slowly pull it out..mind u might be hard gettin the magnet down the tube
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Jul 17, 2008 - 11:29 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 18, '07 From Ohio Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
got this fixed btw, tried the magnet but it was all the way in the oil pan I think, so I dropped the oil pan and got it out.
Engine is still smokeing so I took it to the shop and it failed a compression check, so now they are telling me I need a new engine. looking at a jdm 3sgte instead of a usdm |
Jul 17, 2008 - 9:07 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 18, '05 From Calgary Currently Offline Reputation: 20 (100%) |
damn.. all because of a broken dipstick?
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