Post by wheelnut on Feb 28, 2013 20:49:45 GMT 1
It's the dreaded 307HDi again! I changed the oil today, parked on level ground and gave it the final check with the dip stick. Well not quite, when I pulled out the dip stick about two inches had broken off the end and is now somewhere in the sump. It broke just at the "full" mark.
It's a plastic dip stick so presumably it had become brittle with old age. I know it will not go through the strainer on the pick-up of the oil pump so I'm wondering is it safe to leave it where it is. Is there anything else it could get caught in such as a chain driven oil pump? Would it come out with the next oil change?
The car is a 2004 model with 150k miles on the clock so it's not worth very much. I don't think I could justify the cost of opening up the engine just to remove a piece of plastic.
It's a plastic dip stick so presumably it had become brittle with old age. I know it will not go through the strainer on the pick-up of the oil pump so I'm wondering is it safe to leave it where it is. Is there anything else it could get caught in such as a chain driven oil pump? Would it come out with the next oil change?
The car is a 2004 model with 150k miles on the clock so it's not worth very much. I don't think I could justify the cost of opening up the engine just to remove a piece of plastic.
