dear dip stick pushing out
why not use some zip ties to hold in the dip stick
go for a rip --
see what else gives --
if nothing else fails --
then simply an errant dipstick --
sooo-- with nothing else failed --
reinsert dipstick--
jack up van and block front wheels
run van on jack stands with the engine cover off --
video or actually watch your self while some one else runs van
see what actions make the dip stick come out ..
2 gear at full revs --

you may want to pile old tires between your van and a nearby wall so if you
do slip off
--you will not crash too badly --
but best to prevent slipping off with excellent front wheel blocks
and suburb solid jack stands
yours

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:

> I installed a thin-wire spring that I found at Lowes into the hose
> between the breather tower and the intake.  So there's no way that hose
> is collapsing now, even when warm.  After a drive, the dipstick was
> still pushed out of the tube.
>
> I might try to do a compression test today if I can find the time.  In
> this case a leak-down might be called for but I don't have the gear to
> do that myself.  Maybe I could try running with the breather hose just
> dumping overboard, as a test.
>
> The engine is running well otherwise.
>
> Allan
> --
> 1991 Vanagon GL
>
> Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> writes:
>
> > Good suggestions, I'll try some internal reinforcement....
> >
> > Allan
> > --
> > 1991 Vanagon GL
> >
> > Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET> writes:
> >
> >>  I just coiled a bit of bailing wire around a 1/2' pipe so that it
> >> would fit inside the hose.  Make it long enough to go end-to-end,
> >> minus the fittings and insert it into the hose.  Voila!
> >>
> >> Mike B.
> >>
>

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