Auto trans dipstick tube damaged...

[jamesrguk]

Hi all,

I pulled my engine last year to change the blown head gaskets amongst some other jobs.

It was a solo effort and the engine removal went well bar one annoying mistake.

I had everything loose, engine mounts off auto g-box supported etc... but the engine, despite being loose felt like it was caught on somthing, I thought I'd rock it around a little to see if it would free up and the next thing I hear fluid pissing onto the ground.

I quickly realised it was auto trans fluid and coming from base the dipstick/fill tube as my eyes followed the tube up I realised, much to my annoyance, that the top of the dipstick tube was still attached to the engine, this is what had been preventing me from removing it.

Anyway engine removed etc... The dipstick tube is now loose in the transmission, I will investigate next week when I have a week off work to fit my refurbed engine back in.

So I'm shooting a little blind here but I'm hoping there is some kind of seal at the end of the dipstick which I may have torn, and that I may have damaged the end of the tube.

Does this sound feasible, I'm not going to be able to investigate until I get to the car on Monday, but I don't want this to hold me up putting the engine back in it its a transmission out job.

James

P.s. I hope I'm not the only one to have made this mistake, feal like a right plum!

[Henrik]

A lot of people are using the Cooling Fan Switch Seal http://store.delorean.com/p-6350-seal-cooling-fan-switch.aspx to seal the tube to the transmission. It worked @ 99% for me as there is an occasional once-a-week drip, still.


Hi all,

I pulled my engine last year to change the blown head gaskets amongst some other jobs.

It was a solo effort and the engine removal went well bar one annoying mistake.

I had everything loose, engine mounts off auto g-box supported etc... but the engine, despite being loose felt like it was caught on somthing, I thought I'd rock it around a little to see if it would free up and the next thing I hear fluid pissing onto the ground.

I quickly realised it was auto trans fluid and coming from base the dipstick/fill tube as my eyes followed the tube up I realised, much to my annoyance, that the top of the dipstick tube was still attached to the engine, this is what had been preventing me from removing it.

Anyway engine removed etc... The dipstick tube is now loose in the transmission, I will investigate next week when I have a week off work to fit my refurbed engine back in.

So I'm shooting a little blind here but I'm hoping there is some kind of seal at the end of the dipstick which I may have torn, and that I may have damaged the end of the tube.

Does this sound feasible, I'm not going to be able to investigate until I get to the car on Monday, but I don't want this to hold me up putting the engine back in it its a transmission out job.

James

P.s. I hope I'm not the only one to have made this mistake, feal like a right plum!

[alexwolf1216]

Hi all,

I pulled my engine last year to change the blown head gaskets amongst some other jobs.

It was a solo effort and the engine removal went well bar one annoying mistake.

I had everything loose, engine mounts off auto g-box supported etc... but the engine, despite being loose felt like it was caught on somthing, I thought I'd rock it around a little to see if it would free up and the next thing I hear fluid pissing onto the ground.

I quickly realised it was auto trans fluid and coming from base the dipstick/fill tube as my eyes followed the tube up I realised, much to my annoyance, that the top of the dipstick tube was still attached to the engine, this is what had been preventing me from removing it.

Anyway engine removed etc... The dipstick tube is now loose in the transmission, I will investigate next week when I have a week off work to fit my refurbed engine back in.

So I'm shooting a little blind here but I'm hoping there is some kind of seal at the end of the dipstick which I may have torn, and that I may have damaged the end of the tube.

Does this sound feasible, I'm not going to be able to investigate until I get to the car on Monday, but I don't want this to hold me up putting the engine back in it its a transmission out job.

James

P.s. I hope I'm not the only one to have made this mistake, feal like a right plum!


I doubled up on the o rings from DMC.

[David T]

I doubled up on the o rings from DMC.

If the tube is bent up and you can't straighten it I have a used one I can sell. Not the dipstick, only the tube. If it is not bent you should only have to replace the "O" ring. All of the venders can supply it but if you need one quick any large auto store with a big assortment of "O" rings should be able to set you up.

[PJ Grady Inc.]

If the tube is bent up and you can't straighten it I have a used one I can sell. Not the dipstick, only the tube. If it is not bent you should only have to replace the "O" ring. All of the venders can supply it but if you need one quick any large auto store with a big assortment of "O" rings should be able to set you up.

We usually use 2 orings in the shop smeared with hi-temp. silicone. Without the silicone it will generally leak.
Rob Grady