How do you remove a MKII dipstick?

[mtnbob]

Trying to strip my block down before I take it to the machine shop, and I can't figure out how to remove the dipstick. I thought they were just pressed in, with a gasket keeping it from leaking, but this one is being stubborn. Is their a way to do it without resorting to brute force
Thanks
Robert

[rallydiesel]

It is pressed in. Just put a block of wood on the end and tap it out with a hammer.

[Smokey Eddy]

Mine is bolted to the bottom of the injection bump but otherwise the same. Pull really really hard on it and it will come out.

[mtnbob]

That is how my past ones have been, for some reason this one seems to be in pretty tight

[rallydiesel]

Maybe the previous owner thought JB weld would make a good sealant  .

[mtnbob]

My thoughts exactly

[R.O.R-2.0]

im thinking hes been talking about the tube the whole time..

[mtnbob]

Yes LOL the dipstick tube! Sorry for the error.

[Smokey Eddy]

I knew what you meant

[theman53]

Mine was in pretty good. It seemed I had to pull and almost straighten it the first little bit and then twist to get it out. Mine doesn't leak around the base though so I think it is a good thing.

[truckinwagen]

I used a drift from inside the block to push it out.

-Owen

[RajendirSharma]

I used a washer that fitted the bore of the dipstick tube from underneath (from the oil pan side) and pushed it up by hammering via a wooden stick.  It is very difficult to get a dip stick tube.  I have a new one that costed about $70.  No junk yard had one.  I have three of those tubes now; short one (block with 11mm headbolt), gas engine one, and a new one for 1985 block that accept 12mm bolt.   Let me know if you wish to buy any of those.  Send me an e-mail at [email protected].

[R.O.R-2.0]

I've made custom dipstick tubes from appropriately sized steel brake line. 

Me too!

my 1.5 kept blowing the stock dip stick out of the block.. so i used a chunk of brake line, and like you, made my own. but i made it so that the dip stick actually threads onto the end of the tube..