Dip stick tube removal

[Aarons Air]

I have an aftermarket chrome tube that i need to take out. I tried gripping it with a rag in the jaws of vice grips, by the base, and tapping upward, but no luck. Other than dropping the pan, and knocking it out, is there another trick i might try ?

 

[69L48Z27]

Should pull out. Try the twist and pull method. If you can get it lose by twisting then it should come out. Otherwise, tapping from the bottom is about it.

 

[chtampa]

After it is cut or broken down by the block you can run a lag bolt type of screw into the leftover piece and tap it out from under the car with a flat pry bar. Perhaps even use a tap and vice grips.

Tip before you try to put another in. Use drill bits like a hand file to clean the bore out.

 

[slimt]

Is it possible to heat the tube with a butane torch. Not to a red glow. But it will change the diameter of the tube.

 

[Aarons Air]

Thanks guys, i finally got it. I put tape on my vise grip teeth, and got a tighter bight.