Cheap oil tube removal tool
05-05-2009 | 02:23 PM
#1
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Drifting
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From: Germantown, Maryland
Cheap oil tube removal tool
When I bought my 996 a couple months ago, one of the minor issues the PO left me with was a seeping spark plug oil tube. I searched the archives but couldn't find a suitable alternative to the factory tool (besides trying to pry it out w/ a screwdriver).
A friend w/ a Boxster said he had heard of using an expanding boat plug as a removal tool, so thought it sounded like a better idea than the expensive factory tool. With new tube in hand I went to my local Walmart. Believe it or not, a 1" expanding boat plug fit just fine, and costs all of $2. Even gives you something to lever against to pull the tube out. The old tube came out without a problem.
Hope this idea helps someone maintaining their own car.
A friend w/ a Boxster said he had heard of using an expanding boat plug as a removal tool, so thought it sounded like a better idea than the expensive factory tool. With new tube in hand I went to my local Walmart. Believe it or not, a 1" expanding boat plug fit just fine, and costs all of $2. Even gives you something to lever against to pull the tube out. The old tube came out without a problem.
Hope this idea helps someone maintaining their own car.
05-05-2009 | 04:28 PM
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Drifting
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From: Prince George's County, MD
My oil filler tube is longer than that. I believe I have to take out the intake plenum to get to mine.
When I bought my 996 a couple months ago, one of the minor issues the PO left me with was a seeping spark plug oil tube. I searched the archives but couldn't find a suitable alternative to the factory tool (besides trying to pry it out w/ a screwdriver).
A friend w/ a Boxster said he had heard of using an expanding boat plug as a removal tool, so thought it sounded like a better idea than the expensive factory tool. With new tube in hand I went to my local Walmart. Believe it or not, a 1" expanding boat plug fit just fine, and costs all of $2. Even gives you something to lever against to pull the tube out. The old tube came out without a problem.
Hope this idea helps someone maintaining their own car.
A friend w/ a Boxster said he had heard of using an expanding boat plug as a removal tool, so thought it sounded like a better idea than the expensive factory tool. With new tube in hand I went to my local Walmart. Believe it or not, a 1" expanding boat plug fit just fine, and costs all of $2. Even gives you something to lever against to pull the tube out. The old tube came out without a problem.
Hope this idea helps someone maintaining their own car.
05-05-2009 | 05:21 PM
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Three Wheelin'
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From: NEast Florida
Is that the oil filler tube as in washington dc's post? I'm confuzzled.
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05-06-2009 | 09:01 AM
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Drifting
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From: Germantown, Maryland
It's not the oil filler tube. It's the tube that seals in oil around your valve cover. Your spark plug goes into this tube and threads into the head. You have to remove a coil to get this tube out.
