1994 325i Dip stick removal

[zemogo01]

I have a 1994 325i automatic.

How do you remove the dipstick tube?

I am trying to change the oil pan gasket but I have been unable to remove the dipstick tube.

It seems loose and I can rotate it a 1/4 turn back and forth but I can not pull it from the top of the oil pan.

I have removed all bolts from the dip stick tube. So, I am starting to wonder if there is a bolt on the inside to the oil pan that holds the dip stick.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

[zemogo01]

Ok, it just pulls strait up. It just needed some convincing.

I ended up taking off the oil pan with the dip stick still attached. It sounds crazy but that's what I did because i was stuck and I needed to fix my car before Monday for work.

After I pulled the pan with the dip stick. I was able to pull it out while turning.

I don't know why it was so hard to pull out while the pan was still on the car.

Good luck to next person who has a stuck dip stick hope fully this will help them.

[Jeron]

It's pretty tight. You don't want it to leak.

Congrats on finishing the job.

[ktmrider]

Yes mine was hard to pull out too , I guess the o-ring swells and was also pretty hard to push in with a new o-ring . The metal ring on the dipstick tube about 100 mm from the tube's bottom end does a fair job of keeping dirt out from on top of the o-ring . Though I cleaned it all as well as I could before removing the tube some crud fell in the oil . I made a little cover from rubber sheet about 35mm X 45 mm that slides down the dipstick tube to shield it from future grime accumulation down in the pan hole. Also put the old o-ring snug above the metal ring on the tube to help fill the void in the upper , part of the pan hole .