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Broken plastic handle on oil dipstick, unable to remove same.

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Take a flash light and look down into the tube if you can see the stick,,,chew some bubbke gum up and put it on the end of a straw the the dipstick penatrate the bubble gum the pull up slowly and twist it,,,if it dosent work go to Autozone or o'reillys get the 2 pice appoxey..the one you need is in a plastic tube approx. 1" round by 3" long I think its called quick steel....Place it on the inside of the straw pusu it over the dipstick let it set for 30 min. it should pull it out DO NOT let any of the appoxy get on the outside of the straw it will weld to the inside wall of your tube....If that does not work you will most likely have to drop the oil pan.

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