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« on: January 23, 2021, 11:53:55 am » |
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Figured I'd start a single thread after all. Just pulled the oil stick out and the tip has apparently broken off and is still in the block ![Cry](http://www.matrasport.dk/forum/Smileys/default/cry.gif) Any suggestions? I must admit I start to feel quite in over my head with this car. Is it just a matter of draining the oil, taking the sump off, pushing it through, reassemble and fill up? Maybe put a new oil filter in while I'm at it? Oh and I guess I will somehow need to find a new stick I guess... 🤔
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« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2021, 06:36:31 pm » |
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Figured I'd start a single thread after all. Just pulled the oil stick out and the tip has apparently broken off and is still in the block ![Cry](http://www.matrasport.dk/forum/Smileys/default/cry.gif) Any suggestions? I must admit I start to feel quite in over my head with this car. Is it just a matter of draining the oil, taking the sump off, pushing it through, reassemble and fill up? Maybe put a new oil filter in while I'm at it? Oh and I guess I will somehow need to find a new stick I guess... 🤔 Last thing first - unless you manage to find a good second hand one, you cannot get the electronic dipstick any longer. It hasn't been available for some time. If the end has come off, it has broken so you can't just recover the end from the sump and 're-assemble' it. The way these work is that the end contains a fine wire through which a small current is passed. This will cause the wire to heat up and change resistance. Now if the oil level is correct, the end and wire will be submerged in the oil, and that will keep it relatively cool whereas if the oil level is low and therefore the wire is now exposed to the air, it will get hotter and the resistance change triggers the control module (under the left hand side of the dash) to signal the low oil level by flashing the oil level warning light. Since the end had broken off, the connections are obviously broken, and I doubt you could repair it, but I've never had a chance to try one, so I can't say for certain. Probably the easiest and certainly cheapest is to fit the old type manual dipstick and disconnect the module (to stop the warning light flashing all the time). Then regularly check the oil level as everyone used to do. ![Smiley](http://www.matrasport.dk/forum/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) Roy
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