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Rb26 Oil Dipstick Tube - Is This Right?

joeyta22

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Hey guys, I've always had a very minor weep of oil coming from around the sump in my 32gtr. I've traced it down to coming from the base of the dipstick tube where it meets the block.

I pulled it out today and found the lip of where it meets the block is curved up to one side (tried to show it in the pics), is this normal?

Also is there supposed to be an o-ring of sorts at the bottom of it?

It looks pretty beat up so I might look at getting another one, but I don't think its sold as a separate spare part item, so is the tube the same as any other engine that I might be able to get one out of?

Cheers, Joe

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She is pretty mangled! You should be able to put an o-ring around the underside of the lip. It's worth a try anyway! A lot of cars have an o-ring as the sealing method. I would get the hammer out and flatten of the flange as best as possible though. When reinstalling try to put a good amount of downward pressure to flatten the o-ring a bit into the block.

RB30 dipsticks are shorter then 26 but not sure about 20 or 25. Someone else might know?

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Heh, just rang up a different Nissan dealer than the one I normally use and they will have a new one in tomorrow, dunno what the fark the other dealership was smoking saying they couldn't get any. Cheers waxhead

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