How to remove the dipstick in a 99 cavalier

[fanbelt]

99 Cavalier 4 cylinder.

Dipstick and oil filler tube combined.

Yellow cap turns, but dipstick does not come out easily.

How do I remove it?

[Derk_eliso]

turn left... pull

[fanbelt]

Ok,
so this is not threaded, If I turn and can pull hard enough there are ears that line up like on a valve cover filler cap?

[shakewell]

yep

[Derk_eliso]

it's not a complicated matter, you just turn it and it comes out

[mike2004tct]

I'm gonna check the Factory Service Manual on this one.

This should go over well.

The '96s have threaded caps.

[fanbelt]

I got busy this morning and wasn't able to get back for a reply.

It was complicated because I had been turning, or trying to turn it, and it wasn't coming out. I broke an air chamber on my Caravan trying to find the air filter and I wasn't interested in a repeat of broken parts on this car. (I haven't had a GM car for a long time.) I had tried at least three times to get it out and looked at both the owners manual and a 96 service manual prior to hunting up this forum and making a post.

The cap is threaded with a spiral thread and derk eliso's advice of turning left and pulling finally worked. The dipstick is floppy in its connection to the lid, so I don't know if I have broken something anyway.

Now after all that, I am going to have to take it to the shop anyway because it is developing a starting problem.

Thanks to all who commented for me.

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[Derk_eliso]

oh yeah Derk Eliso FTW!!!! lol

[spudracer73]

dude its a dipstick.....just pull......really really hard......