Defender Puma 2.4 Dipstick Problem

The end of the dipstick has broken off and presumably fallen into the sump. Anybody had similar issue and how did you resolve.

I have drained the oil and flushed with engine flush but no sign of the missing part. Any other ideas ?

Thanks

Drop the sump and retrieve it..

It won't get past the strainer, still wouldn't want it in there though/

which end broke off? the plastic finger pull or the oil level end?

Wimblowdriver said:

which end broke off? the plastic finger pull or the oil level end?

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The level end.

Henry_b said:

Drop the sump and retrieve it..

It won't get past the strainer, still wouldn't want it in there though/

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Will putting a magnetic sump plug on and running the engine be a good idea ?

Molly13 said:

Will putting a magnetic sump plug on and running the engine be a good idea ?

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I think the dipstick end is Plastic..

Nowt much a magnet would do.

Henry_b said:

I think the dipstick end is Plastic..

Nowt much a magnet would do.

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No it's metal same as on the transit engine

Molly13 said:

No it's metal same as on the transit engine

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Hmm.
In that case, you could try,

Molly13 said:

running the engine be a good idea ?

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No.

Machine Mart do a range of magnetic tools for a few quid which will go through the sump plug hole and probe about. Might work.
I'll check a dipstick tomorrow and see if the end is magnetic.

Hello and welcome to landyzone

Hello, you sound like a LandyZoner

I checked one this morning. The end is metal, but NON magnetic. Swaged on to the bendy steel rod, might be aluminium or some other alloy. But definitely non magnetic.

+1 Drop the sump + retrieve

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My dipstick is too short to reach the oil do they do a longer one?