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Old May 19, 2006 | 07:07 PM
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hey, i've got my passenger side manifold almost off, but i can't figure out how to remove the dipstick...
did a search and couldn't find.

any help?

thanks!
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Old May 19, 2006 | 07:10 PM
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The tube is held on by one bolt - 15 MM if I remember correctly. Remove bolt and pull straight up.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 07:12 PM
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Yeah 15mm. Unbolt and give it a good tug.

getting it in is another story though.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 07:59 PM
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Lol mine was never bolted in I don't think. It still isnt! haha
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try and twist it just a little to break the seal, then pull upward.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Lithium
Yeah 15mm. Unbolt and give it a good tug.

getting it in is another story though.

Yeah getting it back in is a pain, makes it a lot easier if you have another person under the car guiding it in.
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remove the one bolt on the head and pull straight up.
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Put a little grease around it when you're sticking it back in, it'll go alot easier.
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Yeah what those guys said. Also make sure your battery is un pluged, I did not do that step hit the dipstick off the starter and boom melted the tip of my dipstick it scared the **** out of me LOL!!!!
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Oh my god... Its a pain in the *** (probibly the hardest thing to do on my header install) just pull really really hard.
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Just don't do like me and set the oil dipstick on your dad's trunk, then drive off, forgetting about it. That one cost me thirty bucks.
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Originally Posted by DOUBT IT
Just don't do like me and set the oil dipstick on your dad's trunk, then drive off, forgetting about it. That one cost me thirty bucks.
I would have rather done that than break it off in the block like I did! It cost me 3 days of work/cursing/worrying AND I had to shell out $30!

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this will be my second day trying to get the damn thing back in
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the best way to get it back in is guide it into the hole then get something large and flat like a piece of metal, hopefully with some wieght place it flush on top of the oil dipstick and then gently tap it down went right in for me
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Wow, mine was cake coming out and going in. Surprised to hear all the problems you guys are having...

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Wow, mine was cake coming out and going in. Surprised to hear all the problems you guys are having...

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Mine was too, I figured I'd want to shoot myself after reading about all the problems
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Originally Posted by DanZ28
remove the one bolt on the head and pull straight up.

What he said.
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If you stand in just the right spot beside the passenger side fender with a flashlight, you can look down through the A/C lines and BS and actually SEE the hole it goes in. I've taken mine out and put it back in a buncha times and also done my friends car.
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I've had to look from underneath a couple of times to gauge where it was. Now if they put a little hair around the hole...
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I've had to look from underneath a couple of times to gauge where it was. Now if they put a little hair around the hole...
I always say "If they put some hair around the hole, then shave it off......."











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