my dipstick wont go in

[stevepeanut]

this one is weird, we took out the dipstick and also the dipstick tube from my crossflow when we were doing the manual box swap.

 

Whats left is a little bit of pipe poking out the engine. Refitted the tube and now the dipstick will only go so far in. Took the tube back off, and the dipstick slides in and out of that ok.

 

Tried putting the dipstick directly into the engine hole without the tube and it will not go in more than a couple of mm. Tried every angle and span it through 360 degrees, and it wont go in. I dont understand this at all. Any ideas??

[Fishtailparka]

It isn't going down the hole in the sump baffle.

If you haven't changed the sump it just needs a bit of a wiggle, or the end bending a titchy bit.

Don't bend it much or it rides over the top of the baffle and makes a horrid noise when you start the engine and the crank hits it.