Date:         Fri, 3 Oct 2008 05:24:25 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake Beaulieu <jake_beaulieu@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Jake Beaulieu <jake_beaulieu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
Comments: To: Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
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Take a look at it after the engine has warmed up.  Sometimes these hoses look acceptable when cold, but after they have warmed up they become much more flexible and can collapse under vacuum.
jake


Looks OK on mine, perhaps it's clogged internally, does that tend to
happen?  Seems too large a diameter for that to be likely.

Allan
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1991 Vanagon GL

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