r_duff

Hi all,

I changed my oil today and noticed my dipstick was popped out. There was some oil splatter around the valve cover, but not much. i have a CTSC with 7.5 psi pulley, and crank vents installed ( both have arrows pointing away from the valve cover). The SC has been on the car over a year as well as the 7.5 psi pulley, and this has never happened before. The crankvents were a recent installment.

any ideas? TIA

SoCalIsMyLife

turn the dipstick 180 degrees and put it back in. that helps to keep it from backing out. if you have krankvents installed correctly and if they're working correctly then it shouldn't pop out as there is no pressure inside the crankcase

BlownAP

pretty common on even stock cars....... FYI if you turn the dip stick around it will never pop out again

I had a friend that had this problem, the dealer took his whole top end of the engine apart, replaced everything with new stuff.... after everything was back together it still popped out.

nothing is wrong with your car.

Saki GT

4cyl engine = lots of vibration. You can clean the lip and the rubber stops on the dipstick to increase friction, or turn it backwards.

CKit

Backwards FTW.

Car is fine. Dipstick O-rings a little greasy. You can clean it off with degreaser (make sure you Q-tip out the place where it sits). But turning it 180 degrees works better.

innovation

if you have the first gen or batch of krank vents check with automotive speed. they had a issue with something not holding the pressure enough for supercharged/turbocharged cars or something. i forgot where the topic was. sorry.

r_duff

thanks for the tip! the 180 trick FTW! 5 years on the board and i've never heard of that! lol

S2kracka

Krank Vents are great, especially if you are boosted.

TrackStar

Thats not a bad deal. Brand new engine parts!

tron1

I installed Krank Vents correctly and my dip stick continues to pop up... I think in my case the gaskets on the dip stick is worn causing the problem... but I cant confrim that.