Ford Granada - old - broken off tip of dipstick

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Sun 6 Mar 2011 11:48
Ford Granada - old - broken off tip of dipstick - dumbo

A cousin of mine phoned me yesterday to see if I could find out if the broken off end of his dipstick, apparently lying in the oil sump, would do any damage.

The car is a 2.8l Granada built in 1985. He thinks its a Mk 11. Could anyone advise, please?

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Sun 6 Mar 2011 13:41
Ford Granada - old - broken off tip of dipstick - Peter.N.

I very much doubt it, there is a fine strainer on the oil pump pick up, it will probably just lay in the bottom, of the sump, I personally wouldn't worry about it.

Edited by Peter.N. on 06/03/2011 at 13:42

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Sun 6 Mar 2011 13:43
Ford Granada - old - broken off tip of dipstick - mickyh7

No it wont do any harm.

There is a mesh cover over the oil pick up pipe,it would never get through.

There will also be a covering of thick 'muck' lying on the bottom of the sump pan, on older cars its like glue,once in there it wont move around.

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Sun 6 Mar 2011 14:50
Ford Granada - old - broken off tip of dipstick - jc2

An '85 should be an early Scorpio tho' it could be a very,very late example of the previous model but the above answers remain the same.

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Sun 6 Mar 2011 18:20
Ford Granada - old - broken off tip of dipstick - dumbo
Thanks for your replies, fellas. My cousin will be much relieved. He can't really afford to run it, never mind pay for repairs.


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Sun 6 Mar 2011 18:38
Ford Granada - old - broken off tip of dipstick - Cymrogwyllt

as an addition to the above posts I once carelessly broke an open ended spanner and the half jaw in question dropped in to the depths of the engine. A few cautious turns of the engine revealed that the piece was not caught up in the timing gear. I left it in the sump. The engine ran happily for me for 30k and did the new owner well.

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Fri 11 Mar 2011 20:58
Ford Granada - old - broken off tip of dipstick - Steptoe

I'm reminded that I once dropped a exhaust valve stem cotter down an oilway whilst doing a head job on my P4 Rover 90 (side exhaust valves on these)

As it turned out to be impossible to obtain a replacement I was obliged to drop the sump & fish for it making it one of those mistakes which you never ever repeat.

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