...ok what gives???

[maynardtruckin]

Originally Posted by CEE1NG_RED

Anyway to check if the lower tube is in the motor w/o taking it apart? Also, why is it bad? The dipstick doesn't look like it was broken off (if it had been connected w/ the lower tube). Anyways, Im a bit confuse....is the lower and upper dipstick tube suppose to connect like a mandrel piping (bigger and smaller tubes connected)?? If not, I'm hoping the lower tube is there and all I need to do is to just tap the (I guess) upper tube of the dipstick on top of the lower tube.

The lower tube is separate from the upper and the upper justs gets put in the block not the lower tube. If the lower tube was not there you should have marks on the dipstick ware it would hit the crank shaft. as it looks from the pic of that side of the block it is in there and you have nothing to worry about.

O and with out the lower tube your reading will be off and if the oil hit the dipstick it could push it up in to the crank shaft and cause problems.