66 Olds 442 Oil Stick
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66 Olds 442 Oil Stick
Small problem that im hoping someone here can help me out with. My oils stick has come totally out of the engine block (tube and all) i cannot find the location of where it should go? Do i need to jack the car up to get to it? I know it probably goes directly into the pan but i am unable to locate. If the tube and stick are not in the block can oil leakage occur from that area?
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Oil Stick
Thanks a million. Please forgive me but im a newbie and this is my first real muscle car and im learning as i go along, but can you please explain "go under the car and you will see the embossing on the lower block forward of starter"? Im lost on the "embossing" portion.......can you explain? and is that going into the actual block or the oil pan itself?
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Picture of installed dipstick tube
eBay pictures to the rescue... I found a car on eBay with a decent picture of that part of the engine:
The dipstick is in the lower-right hand corne -- the horizontal blue thing.
I think the reason it is hard to find is that the top of the tube (the part you normally see when checking the oil) is in a different place than the actual hole in the block. Although the tube installs in the block, the top of it is wedged between the exhaust manifold and the head. This is all on the driver's side, as I recall. When you reinstall the tube, it helps to have two people -- one lying on the ground to see the hole in the block, and the 2nd person to shove the tube down between the manifold and head.
As always, someone correct me if I'm wrong.
The dipstick is in the lower-right hand corne -- the horizontal blue thing.
I think the reason it is hard to find is that the top of the tube (the part you normally see when checking the oil) is in a different place than the actual hole in the block. Although the tube installs in the block, the top of it is wedged between the exhaust manifold and the head. This is all on the driver's side, as I recall. When you reinstall the tube, it helps to have two people -- one lying on the ground to see the hole in the block, and the 2nd person to shove the tube down between the manifold and head.
As always, someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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