dave_85

I am installing TPIS headers on my 85 :D and need to remove the oil dipstick tube from the block. How do you get it out of the block? It there a hidden bolt or is it just pressed in? Help!!!

Nathan Plemons

There was probably a bolt attaching it to the manifold, after that's removed it just slips in the block. It is a tight fit though so you'll have to pull pretty hard.

Bluevette85

It pulls out. I put a new one in because I found small pin holes at the bottom as it enters the block.

Mark85Vett

Mine snapped off inside the block right at the base.....had to drop the pan and pop it out with a punch. You might want to soak it with some P'Blaster or WD-40

65Z01

It's pressed into the block and a sealant is used to seal it.

Mine also broke off at the block and requied removal from underneith.

Good luck.

chucks88

Here's how I got mine out.

-Disconnect the tube from the header bolt.
-Slap on a set of vice grips on the tube just below the bracket for the header bolt
-from underneath the car, hold a long screw driver up against the vise grips and bang upwards with a hammer.

You'll need a new one afterwars however :yesnod:







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dave_85

Thanks for all the info. With my luck if I try to remove it it will crack off in the block. Having removed the starter, oil cooler tube & oil pan once before I decided to take the Hooker 2149 approach. I cut the section out of the flange between #6 and #8. Now I can install and remove the headers without touching the dipstick tube. :D It did take me a while to actually turn on the saw and cut into the shinny new metal. :cry