Oil Dipstick Snapped!

[M87NER]

grip it right down at the bottom and give her a good hard tug

 

[M87NER]

was not ment be rude there either...

 

[Big_daddy]

No worries Mat,lol give it another try again, picked one from gsf for £2.07 inc vat

 

[Mat]

His name's Rich actually.... Bloody silly surname/username that he has LMAO....

 

[M87NER]

His name's Rich actually.... Bloody silly surname/username that he has LMAO....

The amount of times i get called matt is unbelivable, and the funny thing is my older brothers name is matt lol.

 

[Big_daddy]

The amount of times i get called matt is unbelivable, and the funny thing is my older brothers name is matt lol.

His name's Rich actually.... Bloody silly surname/username that he has LMAO....

 

[AlexGSi2000]

How hard are these to change?
Noticed whilst doing my oil the dipstick housing had a load of oil round the bottom, looked like it was dripping lightly from there too.

Tried pushing it down, couldn't do it in the end, even with pliers.

May pop into the vag specialist by work tomorrow.

 

[AlexGSi2000]

Just another question, my oil leak is getting pretty bad now, Looks like its definatley coming from round the dipstick area... How do these detach from the sump?
Dose anyone have a technical diagram of it?

Cheers!

 

[Big_daddy]

Just another question, my oil leak is getting pretty bad now, Looks like its definatley coming from round the dipstick area... How do these detach from the sump?
Dose anyone have a technical diagram of it?

Cheers!

The top part is plastic and bottom of half is metal.

 

[AlexGSi2000]

The top part is plastic and bottom of half is metal.

Yeah, the top plastic part on mine is fine, its the metal bit at the bottom going into the block thats the problem.


Are they hard to replace?

 

[Big_daddy]

you may need to go under the car to check, asume its screwed in,

(Some pic from vagcat)

 

[AlexGSi2000]

you may need to go under the car to check, asume its screwed in,

(Some pic from vagcat)

Thanks for the diagrams mate!
Will get under the car tomorrow evening.
Im at the end of my teather with it now, its cost me over a grand within 30days on parts!

 

[Big_daddy]

You sure your oil filter is nice and tight btw?

 

[AlexGSi2000]

You sure your oil filter is nice and tight btw?

Yep, changed yesterday, handtight then a quater turn.

 

[NEDDER]

Dipstick tube?

Hello all

Mine snapped of yesterday ,,nightmare panic.. just read some of your messages and they put my mind to rest ,, i thought the car would p*** out oil but ive checked it this morning and it's been fine phoned seat this morning part here tomorrow

Does the bottom twist of or what ? mines totally snapped in 2 places
Never fitted one before all my other cars have been metal not plastic stupid idea

Thanks anyways

 

[Ibiza125]

Just have to yank it off. Make sure you don't break the plastic away so that you can't get to it... And try not to drop anything in!

 

[NEDDER]

Thanks

will be very careful i think ,dont wont any foreign bodies dropping in ,,,

Not much room to work with though ,,