Replacing oil dipstick o-ring

[88whitemanche]

What’s up fellas 

what techniques you guys use to swap the o-ring out? 

 

Is it just that simple? 

Pull whole assembly out replace o-ring and reinstall? 

[DesertRat1991]

Is there a dipstick o-ring on the 2.5?  My 4.0 didn't have one.  The tube was just press fit into the hole.

 

That said, when it started leaking I pulled the tube and sealed that junction with a bead of hi-temp RTV silicone. Problem solved.

[HOrnbrod]

10 minutes ago, DesertRat1991 said:

Is there a dipstick o-ring on the 2.5?  My 4.0 didn't have one.  The tube was just press fit into the hole.

 

I had to look it up. There's no o-ring shown for either engine on the dipstick tube, but some of the later model dipsticks had an o-ring just below the handle. I use a later model dipstick and there's an o-ring on it.

[ParadiseMJ]

My 88 has a 94 AW4 in it.  When I pulled the dipstick off, there was an o-ring that was falling apart, dry and funky...so when I put it back together I picked up a new o-ring, put some anti-seize on it, no sweat.  Find O-rings by the single at ACE or by the random pack at any parts store with a HELP! section.

[88whitemanche]

 

 

only spot that has oil on the engine currently and for sure I’m losing oil and i am quarts shorts when doing oil changes