Extractors, reverse drills, helpful suggestions soon...... etc etc? I do not wish to appear rude or ill mannered but the more I attempt to join in - in this forum, the more I am puzzled by the many entries.
I am a mechanic and have been for many years. Speedy has asked a question regarding the broken dipstick tube and correct me if I am wrong, I have just placed the answer on this thread. Drill the old tube out; replace it with another tube, securing it with loctite.
However, other suggestions have been put forward and I do not understand? Have I not just answered the question? When someone asked about a problem with intermittent wipe, I didn’t respond because I don’t know enough about it. When someone asked about auto box problems. I kept my mouth shut. I haven’t got the answer.
BUT, it appears that many visitors to the forum feel that they must add their 'view' to the thread, based on what they do not actually know. One thing I am sure of in this particular instance is that it is not experience. You may all feel that you are helping but you are not. Speedy clearly states in his first post that the tube has snapped off flush and that the engine is stripped to a block. So John (Cardiff and district) he needn’t explain further. The tube needs to be drilled out. (Please bear in mind John that this is not another dig at you, but you do it to yourself)!
To everyone…..
IT DOES’NT SCREW IN, IT IS A PUSH FIT!!!!!!
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How does the stem actually fit? Is it a press fit into the block, or some sort of screw?
I don't know the answers myself, but somebody will!
I have re-read your original query and am glad that you added the correction to make the problem clearer; no doubt someone will add some helpful suggestions soon. (He didn’t correct himself; it was clear in the first place).
WD40 and perhaps a touch of blowlamp to loosen things up.
Try one of those "little magnet on a telescopic stick" thingies that you can buy in the tool section of "pound" shops., or maybe an uncoiled wire coat hanger with some sticky tape attached might do it. If no luck, you may have to turn the engine upside-down (if no fluids in it) and it will fall out or take off sump and remove.
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Has anyone ever tried to remove a snapped - flush tube with a piece of sellotape or a 'thingy' bearing in mind that it is a press fit and is probably secured with loctite?
Speedy had already said in his first entry, he had the engine stripped to a block. For goodness sake. I sometimes wonder what the forum is all about. These entries actually ask questions and don’t answer them. I thought that the idea of placing threads on here was to gain help, not just any old answer which either states the obvious or responds with an incorrect or extremely uneducated answer.
I have owned many classics; you have probably seen my views on here in the past and some will disagree but that’s life. I will re-iterate what I have said in the past. Anyone who has owned a P6 for many years is a convert. That is fine. However, for the people who have only owned them for a short time, these uneducated views do not help. Speedy is probably more bloody confused now than he ever was. The dipstick tube has snapped off – no great problem and easily remedied, IF HE IS GIVEN THE CORRECT INFO. Give the guy a chance.
IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE ANSWER, WHY REPLY?
Speedy. If I were you, buy a Haynes manual off eBay and do it yourself. It would be nice to think that the answer lay here but you will end up with a head full of broken biscuits.
No wonder the average man on the street thinks the classic owner is an anorak?
Good luck and decide for yourself what advice to take.
Johnny.