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Dec 12, 2002 | 05:36 PM

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It should pull right out of the pan but the top of the tube is mounted to a clip that is fastened under one of your header bolts.

But to answer your question "yes" it just slides into the pan.

Dec 12, 2002 | 05:47 PM

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Thanx for the help guys.

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Dec 12, 2002 | 07:57 PM

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Would it be ok to drive the car tomorrow and get one on the way home from work?

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Dec 12, 2002 | 08:23 PM

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Would it be ok to drive the car tomorrow and get one on the way home from work?

yea, but dont go in the high rpm's or itll start spraying out.

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Dec 12, 2002 | 08:30 PM

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cant get the tube outta the block have to get underneath with a screwdriver and pry on the lip

Dec 13, 2002 | 06:16 AM

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Should be ok to drive, but theres still going to be a little bit of oil that leaks out

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Dec 16, 2002 | 12:06 PM

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I cant seem to get the broken tip of the tube out thats stuck in the block.

Anyway I can plug the hole with something or is there some other way to try to get it out? Ive tried prying if out with a screw driver and pulling it with plyers. I even tried to take off the drivers side header, but the bolts at the collector are rusted to the nuts. Any ideas?

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Dec 17, 2002 | 07:44 AM

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LoL!! dude, same thing happened to me, except the tip of my dipstick broke off into my oil, so I had to ge the tip out, then buy a new dipstick. It sucked!

Why did you go through all the trouble to get the tip out? It wouldn't have done any harm to leave it in there.

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Dec 17, 2002 | 08:14 AM

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LoL!! dude, same thing happened to me, except the tip of my dipstick broke off into my oil, so I had to ge the tip out, then buy a new dipstick. It sucked!

Why did you go through all the trouble to get the tip out? It wouldn't have done any harm to leave it in there.

You have to get the tip out of the block to put a new one in.

Oil can come out of the hole or with all the rain weve been having, water can get into it.