surfer93

Is it pressed in or can I just pull it out?

oldalaskaman

look where it goes in with a flash light, if you dont see a tab rinning to a bolt, its pressed, if your not carefull, you'll break it off.

96GS#007

There's a tab on the tube that goes to a stud (and is held in place by a nut) on the exhaust manifold. It is pressed in to the block. In the pic below, you can see where the tab is located on the header and you can follow the tube down to the block and see that it's pressed in.

The usually take a combination of twisting & pulling at the same time to free them.

9T3VETTE

I was able to get mine out by twisting first back and forth gently. The twisting broke the bond of the sealant and I was able to gently pull it out. It takes awhile.

Notice I said GENTLY

WW7

I got mine out by putting channel locks on the tube then tapping up on the channel locks with a hammer...Gentle like.....WW

surfer93

Thanks guys, mine is already loose. Have a bad oil leak and was wondering if I could get it out.

surfer93

Forgot to ask, do you have to press in the new one or seal it in some way?

jaa1992

If it turns out to be my oil leak I'll post how I fixed it next week.
It will be saturday before I get under the car.

96GS#007

Technically you just press it in. You'll see a raised ridge on the tube that prevents it from going in too far and helps with sealing. However, I use a cotton swab to clean the oil out of the hole in the block and I clean oil off of the tube itself. Then I put a small dab of RTV (I use "The Right Stuff") around the dipstick tube near the aforementioned ridge as extra leak-proofing insurance.

surfer93

Thank you very much

grantar2

Pics?

mistaben

mine's just pressed in and pulls out real easily *shrugs* i will probably get some RTV sealant on it someday... but for now I just leave it like that.