Hi All,
Was going for a bit of a general check over today. When checking the oil in my 1.4 petrol upon pulling out the dipstick it had lost its end however then on trying to re-insert the dipstick into the tube the dipstick won’t go all the way back in. I assume the end that fell off has somehow got lodged in the bottom of the pipe and is thus stopping the dipstick going back in.
I am not worried about the loss of and end as it seems the consensus is it will end up in the sump and cause no problems. However what is of more concern is that now the dipstick won’t go back in this presumably leaves the tube open to things ending up in the oil that shouldn’t be now the two O rings on the cap are no longer seating.
I have taken the dipstick out and covered the hole with a piece of tape and was planning on not driving until problem was resolved. Is this a overcautious approach? I would be grateful for a consensus.
Does anybody have any suggestions as to how best the end of the dipstick should be removed from the tube, whether this be by removing the tube and presumably the oil at the same time?
Happy Christmas all
Ollie, (an inexperienced a2 owner)
Was going for a bit of a general check over today. When checking the oil in my 1.4 petrol upon pulling out the dipstick it had lost its end however then on trying to re-insert the dipstick into the tube the dipstick won’t go all the way back in. I assume the end that fell off has somehow got lodged in the bottom of the pipe and is thus stopping the dipstick going back in.
I am not worried about the loss of and end as it seems the consensus is it will end up in the sump and cause no problems. However what is of more concern is that now the dipstick won’t go back in this presumably leaves the tube open to things ending up in the oil that shouldn’t be now the two O rings on the cap are no longer seating.
I have taken the dipstick out and covered the hole with a piece of tape and was planning on not driving until problem was resolved. Is this a overcautious approach? I would be grateful for a consensus.
Does anybody have any suggestions as to how best the end of the dipstick should be removed from the tube, whether this be by removing the tube and presumably the oil at the same time?
Happy Christmas all
Ollie, (an inexperienced a2 owner)