most dipsticks have a lip and maybe even an o-ring at the bottom. usually you can grab with hands or tool like pliers, wiggle and pull out old tube. place new tube in hole. push by hand till stops then with something softer like rubber mallet or piece of wood, tap down until seated at lip.
can you see any of the stick? or is it down inside the tube? dave tradertaippan@yahoo.com Drain oil, remove lower sump pan,drift out broken dipstick tube & replace with new tube.
If the dipstick has broken off into the tube on a Nissan Altima, you can remove it using pliers. Other people have had luck using industrial strength vacuums and sucking the broken dipstick up.
The 2002 Chevy Silverado dipstick tube is held in place with a retaining nut at the bottom of the dipstick tube. Loosen the retaining not in the dipstick tube will lift out.
how to remove broken dipstick tube ford winstar
Cut the dipstick tube with a tubing cutter below broken dipstick and remove Use rubber tubing and hose clamps to reattach tube pieces
Cut the tube with a tubing cutter- remove dipstick and use rubber tubing and hose clamps to reassemble dipstick tube what up.
If auto through the dipstick tube
A replacement for a broken dipstick tube for the Ford Focus can be purchased at most auto part retailers. As of 2014 the average cost for a replacement is 15.00.
remove bolts and clip. Then remove oil dipstick tube.
If you have the right kind of ez out,pull the piece out. Freeze the net tube over night and install it real quick.
Fluid is added through the dipstick tube.
You would probably have to follow the dipstick tube to where it meets the engine, remove the bracket bolt and either remove the tube or lift it up to push the dipstick up or out of the tube.