elevatethis

how stupid is this? I changed my oil the other day and I went to check the level, and the plastic handle of the dipstick breaks off, leaving the rest of it stuck inside that tube the leads to the oil pan. Anyone have any idea how to get it out? I really hope I'm not gonna have to pull my oil pan.....

SpoonTypeR95

that sucks, man if there was maybe some kind of magnet u could get it with?

Chemicalviper

lol do you still have the rubber stopper on it that prevents the thing from dropping in there?

elevatethis

the rubber stopper that connects to the metal "stick" is jammed inside that tube, lol....everything is sealed thats for sure. And its made of plastic, so scratch the magnet idea.

Chemicalviper

take off header and try and get a tweezers to pull it out ? otherwise your ur gonna have to drop your pan

95cx

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hahahahahahahaha

you would know mister im on my 5th dipstick

92civeg

man thats sucks

Turbo E

dig something into the plastic and try to pry it out.

or dremel a slot into the metal tube and use the space to dig that sucker out

xerox445

wow that blows, imagine if that got wraped around your crank? lol just drop the pan and get it out, could be disasterous

SiYouLater

is it possible to cut the tube holding the stick and take it out?

The Internet Tough Guy

put some chewing gum on a chopstick be careful though...

diearzte2

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LMAO.....only on a honda board....

kingSfit

plyers? haha

jspexae102

try tapping a screw onto the plastic part and pulling the screw out..

lol chopstick

elevatethis

its great when theres so many tech savy people on here and when some chicken **** problem like this happens everyone's got their own ghetto tricks...lol, I can't believe I broke that **** this is hilarious....

-Gambit-

try some plyers and some bubble gum?

Archidictus

Last I checked you can take the dipstick tube off once the header's out of the way. Just pull that off and grab the stick...not too tough at all.

SOHC_MShue

lmao this has actually happened to me not long ago, but my dipstick didn't get jammed down into the tube. I did break the handle off though lol. I was working on my car and leaning over my engine bay when I slipped on some oil and i just creamed the dipstick with my arm and snapped the handle right off.

DRG Performance

Try this.

Look for some thin plyers or tweezers.

Lube up the inside of the dipstick pipe,(with oil)

And tug a little.