Automatic Transmission Dipstick

[ledger35]

Okay, Is there a secret dance or a special song that I have to sing to get this dipstick back in the hole??? And please don't be like my dad and tell me to put hair around it. Advice??

 

[Singtoe]

Okay, Is there a secret dance or a special song that I have to sing to get this dipstick back in the hole??? And please don't be like my dad and tell me to put hair around it. Advice??

Maybe dinner and a movie.

 

[packweco]

As a 4runner automatic transmission dipstick expert (I have removed mine a whole two times), I can tell you I have never had mine go in easy. I also think mine is a little bent from someone who used it in the past.

Seems like there is a specific direction that it goes in a little farther than the other, and after that you have to push it in with a little force, holding a couple inches above the dipstick tube at a time. Not enough force that you're bending it though.

It would be nice to know if this is the wrong way, but I haven't found any better way to do it.

Putting hair on it helps too.

 

[Slow_T4R]

I believe last time I did it I pushed it in with some force an while pushing you turn it slightly. Just my .02.

And Lolz at the dinner and movie.

 

[Chandler_Ross]

When you look at it, try to see how it's bent. then try to get it to follow the bends as you put it in. Like Slow_4R said, turn it just a bit. It's tricky but you can eventually get the hang of it. A few weeks ago when I was getting my oil changed at a Valvoline type place, they pulled it out and couldnt get it back in. I got sick of watching them attempt it, so I got out and put it back myself!