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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: Smokey Eddy on June 25, 2012, 10:20:31 pm

Title: Leaking dip stick hole
Post by: Smokey Eddy on June 25, 2012, 10:20:31 pm

I figured this might be a common but quiet topic. My dip stick tube weeps oil where it meets the block. I know that the tube gets pressed into it so i hammered it some more but it still leaks quite a bit. Enough for me to smell in the car, drop off the pan and make a mess!
Does anyone have a source for new tubes and the tappered piece it fits into or any other suggestions? I figured that silicone sealer would not work but is it worth a try?

Title: Re: Leaking dip stick hole
Post by: CRSMP5 on June 25, 2012, 10:47:14 pm

 :D  not all are... the dipsticks that bolt to the ip bracket have o-rings... and yes silicone helps too... only if you piull it.. and add it to the o-ring..

Title: Re: Leaking dip stick hole
Post by: Smokey Eddy on June 25, 2012, 11:00:48 pm

Mine bolts to the IP! Ill pull it out and see if there is even a ring in there.

Title: Re: Leaking dip stick hole
Post by: theman53 on June 26, 2012, 06:27:39 am

I put a SAE washer or a metric washer on mine that bolts to the IP. I put the washer on, then the O ring, to help smash it down and in 40,000 miles I didn't have one drop come up from there.

Title: Re: Leaking dip stick hole
Post by: Smokey Eddy on July 03, 2012, 11:00:53 am

Thanks for the tip!

Title: Re: Leaking dip stick hole
Post by: wolf_walker on July 03, 2012, 10:17:13 pm

Gray "high-torque" silicone fixed mine.  JB Weld did not, just FYI.  Mine was the o-ring type, with a new one, go figure.