Any Saxo owners got a spare minute!

Seanieke · 02-03-2009 8:09pm #1

Hey, I've had a misshap with my girlfriends dipstick... (no smart comments!)

It's a 02 Saxo, & the bottom of the dipstick's is plastic, in true french style, it broke!! I am in my nelly gonna pay €42 for a new one, so I wonder if someone who has a Saxo can measure the distance from the end of the metal on the dipstick to the end of the plastic & also from the bottom of the plastic to the lower oil level & the full oil level!!

I know the nights are still dark, damp & ****ty but if ya out in the garage checkin your oil, please take a second to jot down the measurements & report back!!

Thanks in advance!

quinevere · 02-03-2009 8:46pm

I would.

But the exact same bit is broken on mine. Seems to be a running theme with them.

Captain Slow IRL · 02-03-2009 9:12pm

try gsfcarparts.com or your nearest dismantlers.

Seanieke · 05-03-2009 6:58pm

quinevere wrote: »

I would.

But the exact same bit is broken on mine. Seems to be a running theme with them.

LOL Well keep an eye here!! Hopefully someone will responde & you too can make a dipstick!

Seanieke · 05-03-2009 7:00pm

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

try gsfcarparts.com or your nearest dismantlers.

Ah that involves paying cash!! There's a recession on! I'm gonna knock up my own dipstick, just need the measurements!

Darragh29 · 05-03-2009 7:01pm

More importantly did it break in situ??? Is half the dipstick now stuck down in the engine???

Seanieke · 05-03-2009 7:07pm

Darragh29 wrote: »

More importantly did it break in situ??? Is half the dipstick now stuck down in the engine???

Unfortunately, Yes!! So it was up on the blocks, off with the sump & flushin the dipstick pipe with oil till it fell out!! F*%kin french cars!!

KamiKazi · 05-03-2009 7:10pm

Ah, gotta love the 99 version, no plastic bit just two notches in the end

Seanieke · 05-03-2009 7:20pm

KamiKazi wrote: »

Ah, gotta love the 99 version, no plastic bit just two notches in the end

Dammit thats what I want!!

I'll be makin the new one like that once someone gives me measurements!

Cammy86 · 10-03-2009 5:34pm

Hey guys I worked for Citroen for many years common fault so is gear stick bushings. The dipstick is made of plastic on most of the older models. Having that bit in the engine ent a problem at all will just sit in the sump.

Try a Peugeot 206 dipstick because Citroen and Peugeot use the same parts and they come out the same factory when you buy a Citroen part it has Peugeot on the packaging vise reverse er. I found Peugeot a lot cheaper on parts. I think its the 206 but check.

Hope this helps.

Any Saxo owners got a spare minute!

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