broken dipstick

greengoat · Postby **greengoat** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 8:51 pm

hey everybody,
can anybody tell me how to get a broken dipstick out, sitting about 6 inches down in its sheath. Anybody know how to remove dipstick sheath from the sump, or how to get the dipstick out
thanks for your help

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:12 pm

Unless the dipstick is made of aluminium, slide a very strong magnet along the side of the sheath

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:14 pm

1st thing that comes to mind, & simplest if it works, is try moving a strong magnet from the most easily accessible lowest point of the dipstick shaft upwards.

greengoat · Postby **greengoat** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:50 pm

cheers guys will give that a try, not sure what the dipstick is made of, came like this when i bought the car

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:56 pm

The dipstick sheath itself is pretty easy to remove. Just one bolt holds it on a couple of inches above the sump join and a small o-ring seals it. The broken dipstick will come out with it.

greengoat · Postby **greengoat** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:10 pm

is that for both the 1.6 and the 1.8 engines, will have a go 2moro anyway
cheers

ampz · Postby **ampz** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:28 pm

yeah, there's a 10mm bolt on the thin plate between the engine + transmission belhousing, reach under the heater hoses and you'll feel it.

then you can pull the dipstick sleeve upwards and you're set. The dipstick itself can't fall too far down into the sump as the windage(?) tray will prevent it from falling all the way in.

I have a cut down commodore diptsick (to the same length as a mazda one) with new marks scribed in, it was a $5 replacement.

Whilst the sleeve is out, the o ring will need replacing.

greengoat · Postby **greengoat** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:52 pm

thanks, that should make it easy, with the o ring should i bother getting genuine or just go to repco or somewhere?

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 8:43 am

The o-ring would be something like $387 from Mazda with a 3 day wait. Repco would be about 15c for the same thing.

Guran · Postby **Guran** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:05 pm

manga_blue wrote:The o-ring would be something like $387 from Mazda with a 3 day wait. Repco would be about 15c for the same thing.

Amen to that! :lol:

de Bounce · Postby **de Bounce** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:24 pm

Guran wrote:
manga_blue wrote:The o-ring would be something like $387 from Mazda with a 3 day wait. Repco would be about 15c for the same thing.

Amen to that!

I believe you guy's are being a bit harsh

Found a thread on the big forum which quotes between $3.28 to $5.20 US back in 2005 :shock:

Should only be about $10 to $15 now, not the $387 :wink:

If you must go genuine, the part number is 99541-00907 and is the same for all NA's and NB's

greengoat · Postby **greengoat** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:14 pm

all fixed, thanks for the help guys
just gotta get a new dipstick now, or glue another handle onto the broken one
anyone know where i can buy a stock one or a new handle