"carneeman" <u42439@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message news:81bd6e57f44b1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> im tring to remove the oil dipstick tube and it wont pull up is there a
> trick
> to this
Can you see the dipstick tube where it enters the block??
Sometimes these have a shoulder swaged onto them (some cars, dont know
about
Jetta), and they are tapped into the block.
If it is like this, simply pulling on the tube is likely to get you
nothing
but a bent
or broken tube. In those cases, you have to get under the shoulder and
pry
the tube out of the block, gently.
Others may have o-ring seals at the tube-block bore interface which
control
leaks,
and then there is a separate flange welded to the tube which gives a
bolting
surface
to some area of the block. In those cases, unbolt the flange and gently
remove the
tube.
As I said above, I have no idea if this is the way Jetta works, but have a
look
if you can get in there to see what is going on.
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