Extractor tube broke off in oil pan!

Vashon_Trawler · Jul 11, 2015

Well, that darn broken tube was driving me nuts... call it obsessive compulsive disorder but I went ahead and had the engine removed. In addition to dropping the pan and replacing the gasket, I replaced the original circulation pump and thermostat. I figured it was best to do it now while the engine was out because I am unable to remove these parts with the engine in (no clearance). I also replaced the exhaust riser.

My wife said I wasn't going to relax on our next long trip--she knows me well!

N4712 · Jul 11, 2015

Smart move, I would too.

BruceK · Jul 11, 2015

Did you recover the offending object? Where was it?

Vashon_Trawler · Jul 11, 2015

BruceK said:
Did you recover the offending object? Where was it?

I did; it was located at the bottom of the pan. Would it have caused a problem? Probably not--at least not in the short term I believe. I couldn't dismiss images of degrading pieces of plastic tubing clogging the pickup screen. Oh well...

The riser was showing signs of "atherosclerosis" and replacing the original circulation pump and thermostat was simply preventative maintenance. Also, I painted the bilge and had the valve clearance checked/adjusted.

Pack Mule · Jul 11, 2015

Great news . I know it was a lot of work but now you can move on.

healhustler · Jul 11, 2015

I guess I would have done the same thing, but I'd have been cussing the whole time. Well, at least you got a clean bilge to show for it.

Peter B · Jul 12, 2015

I hope you took the opportunity after all that time, money, and trouble, to obviate the possibility of it happening again, by having one of those nifty oil draining attachments put in the sump pan to allow oil changing without sticking a suction line into the dipstick…tell me you did…please...

Vashon_Trawler · Jul 12, 2015

Peter B said:
I hope you took the opportunity after all that time, money, and trouble, to obviate the possibility of it happening again, by having one of those nifty oil draining attachments put in the sump pan to allow oil changing without sticking a suction line into the dipstick…tell me you did…please...

Trust me, no hose is EVER going inside my engine! Instead of using the dipstick tube, I will be using the engine's oil draining pipe instead, which is connected directly to the bottom of the oil pan (see schematic). I have a larger diameter extractor hose that fits around (not inside) the draining pipe--nothing goes inside now.

In hindsight, I should have done it this way; but I've never had a extraction tube break off in a dipstick tube.

Peter B · Jul 12, 2015

Lucky fellow. I have to still stick the sucker down the dipstick tube, and sincerely wish someone had put a drainage system into the sump pan drain, but reaching it now is impossible.

bayview · Jul 12, 2015

Installing an oil drain pump to both the engine and genny makes oil change a clean simple process. The pump will run in reverse to fill them as well.

I even added a valve to mine to do the trannys as well.

Heron · Jul 12, 2015

bayview said:
Installing an oil drain pump to both the engine and genny makes oil change a clean simple process. The pump will run in reverse to fill them as well.

Yup...Used mine for the first time the other day. Takes awhile to pump 11 quarts out of the Volvo through the dipstick tube, but generally pretty painless. I used high temp 1/4" Nylon tube with a Push-lock fitting to my Pump suction hose...

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