A car talk curse ?

On Tue, 25 Mar 1997 13:22:47 -0600 Lloyd Perkins <dad@together.net>
writes:
>For some unknown reason the dipstick in my 85 sticks in the tube if it
>hasn't been removed for a couple of hours.  The first time this
>happened, I gave it a good yank and the bottom part of the dipstick
>broke off at the upper notch and fell into the motor.  It took a while
>but I was finally able to remove the 3 inch piece with a magnet after
>unbolting the oil filler pipe from the block.  Some time later I
>discovered another broken dipstick that the PO had stashed under the
>front seat.
>What could cause my dipstick to stick?
>Lloyd Perkins    dad@together.net
>