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Dipstick tub

FM Former Member
I have always hated checking the oil on my Spyder as the dipstick is down in the dark. It is easy to pull out but very hard to see/find the dipstick tube. I have a Vanagon dipstick and tube that I have rebent so it will come out at the front of the engine by the number two cylinder. Remember our Spyders have the engine in backwards! A Vanagon wasserboxer is type1 based, so the dipstick tube and length internally to the case is the same as a bug. So it should indicate oil fill level the same, which I'll check when I get the short one out.

The question is, do I just grab it with pliers and twist and pull? Or is there some other secret to it? Thanks.
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FM Former Member
I have always hated checking the oil on my Spyder as the dipstick is down in the dark. It is easy to pull out but very hard to see/find the dipstick tube. I have a Vanagon dipstick and tube that I have rebent so it will come out at the front of the engine by the number two cylinder. Remember our Spyders have the engine in backwards! A Vanagon wasserboxer is type1 based, so the dipstick tube and length internally to the case is the same as a bug. So it should indicate oil fill level the same, which I'll check when I get the short one out.

The question is, do I just grab it with pliers and twist and pull? Or is there some other secret to it? Thanks.
FM Former Member
The engine is out, so now is a good time. I was thinking a bit of heat to the case, yes I know it is magnesium. Then grab the tube with vice-grips from the freezer. I don't remember it being too hard to get out of the Van case. Of course, that is aluminum and was overheated(by ex-wife) to the point where it seized a rod bearing and threw the rod through the top of the case!
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