culi

I hope you got the tube out. If not, try jacking the car up and drop the oil pan. You might be able to see the tube and push it up or pull it down.

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JLochan

No luck on taking the tube out, will be taking the oil pan off tomorrow! I tried looking online for an oil pan gasket and nothing is coming up. Is there a gasket for the oil pan??

tenspeed

Before you remove the oil pan, remove the drain plug and try to fish the tube to the drain.

Use something like a piece of insulated, solid copper wire found in 14-2 Romex. Fashion a small hook - about 1/4-3/8" and have a needle nose pliers handy to grab the tube if you manage to get it near the drain hole.

It sounds like the tube snagged on the bottom of the dip stick tube or developed a kink.

JLochan

No luck. Last resort is to drop the oil pan here. After looking at schematics there is an upper and lower oil pan. Has anyone removed their oil pan before and should I be expecting any surprises after taking this off. I also found out that there is no gasket for the oil pan. it is just a silicone sealant.... this just keeps getting better and better. A simple oil change ruined by a dang tube!

Vodka G

Yikes......hence I never trust those extractor...didn't know that the dipstick existed in our cars.

you probably want to check and see if the silicon sealant is reusable. I would think you need to clean and reapply when putting the oil pan back in

tenspeed

I just remembered something. Dip stick tube are press fit into the block. You might be able to remove the tube.

edit: I just took a look at my 3.0L and the tube appears to be plastic.
The gasket is not reusable. Auto parts stores sell tubes of blue gasket making material.

JLochan

Sorry tenspeed, for I do not understand what you mean by press fit into the block. I am not too savy with mechanical vocabulary. And for the gasket, I will have to use a silicone type glue to reapply on the oil pan. We'll see how this all goes down. I really hate the fact that this damn tube is stuck.

tenspeed

Press fit means that there is no mechanical means such as a nut to hold the dip stick tube in place. The bottom of the tube slides into the hole in the block. You might be able to remove the dip stick tube instead of dropping the pan.

I couldn't see the bottom of the tube when I looked at my engine. You might be able see get a look (or feel) at it from below.

irenesbob

What is the pump’s extraction tube made of? I am wondering if the stuck tube can be made smaller by cooling it (ice?) while the dipstick tube is not cooled. Shrink the inner one and expand the outer one. Perhaps the manufacturer of the pump has some insight – I doubt you are the first one this has happened to.

JLochan

Thank you everyone for you feedback and timely responses! I bare great news! After removing the oil pan ( WHICH WAS A TOTAL B****!!!) I found the tube curled up and kinked at the bottom. I will NOT be using a vacuum pump as the oil drain plug is down there and very easy to get to once the cover for the bottom of the car is removed. Anyways for anyone that plans on removing your oil pan I wish you the most of luck because that thing is not as easy as it looks.

I am also looking to purchase a dip stick for this car so I can check the oil level on it old fashion. Also, after putting 7 quarts of oil into the motor my MMI shows the oil at the middle of min and max. I presume that's where the oil level should be, but I put the max capacity in there I really thought it would be higher than just the middle. ( Again I am not very mechanically inclined )

Again thank you all for the help!