Volvo Community Forum. The Forums of the Volvo Owners Club

Forum Rules Volvo Owners Club About VOC Volvo Gallery Links Volvo History Volvo Press
Go Back   Volvo Owners Club Forum > "Technical Topics" > S40 / V40 '96-'04 General

Notices

S40 / V40 '96-'04 General Forum for the Volvo S40 and V40 (Classic) Series from 1995-2004.

Information
  • VOC Members: There is no login facility using your VOC membership number or the details from page 3 of the club magazine. You need to register in the normal way
  • AOL Customers: Make sure you check the 'Remember me' check box otherwise the AOL system may log you out during the session. This is a known issue with AOL.
  • AOL, Yahoo and Plus.net users. Forum owners such as us are finding that AOL, Yahoo and Plus.net are blocking a lot of email generated from forums. This may mean your registration activation and other emails will not get to you, or they may appear in your spam mailbox

Thread Informations

Oil dipsick broke!!!

Views : 801

Replies : 2

Users Viewing This Thread :  

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old Dec 23rd, 2010, 17:11   #1
phil_r
Senior Member
 
phil_r's Avatar
 

Last Online: Yesterday 21:40
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Malton
Default Oil dipsick broke!!!

This is a bit of a warning, although I may just be very unlucky!

Whilst changing the oil on my v40 today the dipstick broke just below the black O ring, didn't put any force onto it just merely touched it and it came apart (wasn't in the engine at the time), the plastic has clearly broken where it is thinner at the O ring. A replacement is £13 from volvo so not broken the bank. May be worth checking as it would be a right pain if it dropped inside the dipstick tube although I know that can be removed if needed

Typically the dipsticks on my dads V70 and 440 where different in length and diameter at the top but do seem to far more substantial than the V40!!

Phil
phil_r is offline   Reply With Quote
Old Dec 24th, 2010, 19:35   #2
T4Rick
Premier Member
 
T4Rick's Avatar
 

Last Online: Oct 11th, 2012 09:49
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: manchester
Default

Happened to me in the second day of ownership lol
T4Rick is offline   Reply With Quote
Old Mar 5th, 2011, 16:29   #3
Mamouth
V70 2.4
 

Last Online: Aug 29th, 2018 00:42
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Croydon
Default

This has just happend to my 2000 V70! I pulled the dipstick out, wiped it, put it back to dip the oil, pulled it out again and checked it, it was fine, put it back in and the top just broke off above the O ring. I put no pressure on it just fell apart. quiet bizzare! Where it had broken you could just see the top of the metal part of the dipstick. I have put a small dob of araldite on the broken end and put it back in hopeing to pull the whole lot out in a day or two and replace it.
Mamouth is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 22:41.


Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.