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Old 05-11-2006, 09:06 PM
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I've looked for hours from above, and crawled under the damn car and can't seem to find the hole this bitch came out of! Any help is greatly appreciated.
Old 05-11-2006, 09:11 PM
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It is tricky to find. You just have to keep feeling around under there. It is possible to see it from the top as well.
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Start looking for your #8 spark plug... you'll trip all over the dipstick tube looking that far back in the engine bay.











Seriously, it's about midway on the passenger side of the engine.
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I've felt around and tried to look but haven't had any luck. :\ Ive managed to find that hole once before by feeling and thought it'd be easy this time, but no. Where is it in relation to the hole in the head that holds the tube in? Directly below? Toward rear of car? Front of car?
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Toward the rear of where it mounts to the head if i remember correctly. Lay under the car on the passenger side with a bright light. It goes into the oil pan right below where the pan bolts to the block...i think....its hard to remember. You can kind of see where the casting bulges out of the oil pan where it goes into it. Its a blind hole so you will have to feel for it, but much easier to find when you are under the car...you cant see it from the top.
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disconnect the battery...pull the starter...two 13mm bolts.


youll see the dipstick hole.
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its right by the starter, just feel around its a bitch to get back in but once you find it have a friend hold the tube in place and push really hard from the top of the engine until you feel it click or lock into place.
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The dipstick tube hole is actually in the block, above the block/oil pan junction.

If you stand beside the passengerside fender and look closely through the A/C lines and ****, you can usually find it with a good enough flashlight.
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Originally Posted by TheBlurLS1
The dipstick tube hole is actually in the block, above the block/oil pan junction.

If you stand beside the passengerside fender and look closely through the A/C lines and ****, you can usually find it with a good enough flashlight.
I couldnt remember for sure if it was in the block or pan...now I know.
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Originally Posted by joshp14
I couldnt remember for sure if it was in the block or pan...now I know.
Yeah I looked at that bitch for 3 days trying to get the broken off end of the dipstick tube out of it.








I'm pretty familiar with that area.........
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dose anyone know the part number for the dip stick tub
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Try 12551577 Thats supposed to be the dipstick tube with o-ring.



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