shooting air down the dipstick would only send air to the oil pan. The idea was to flush the passage from the sending unit and out the oil filter port. a fluid might create more force than just air.
BROKEN EXTRACTOR DOWN OIL SENDING HOLE 1992 GMC 5.7 350
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Jeffgmcgrr
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Thank you. That makes very much sense, I will plan on creating a current from the oil sending unit down through the oil filter housing. I appreciate your guys time and good luck with your GM's.
evilunclegrimace
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There is a pipe plug on the out side of the block just above the oil filter Remove the plug and try a magnet from the side in the horizontal oil galley if the magnet will not pick it up from the top Don't waste your time trying to flush it out, try to remove it with a magnet And don't remove the galley plug until you have tried every thing else to remove the broken extractor.
Removing the Galley plug requires dropping the oil pan, removing the oil pump, removing #5 main bearing and then knocking out the galley plug from the top down with a long drift punch.
Jeffgmcgrr
OBS Enthusiast
Thank you thank you thank you thank you for this information
Jeffgmcgrr
OBS Enthusiast
Well the diagram sure does make a whole lot more sense now. Thank you, it's amazing how interpretation sometimes gets lost. you put some pieces together for me
why not leave the piece in the motor it will fall into the oil pan ,next retap the threads for the oil pressure sender dont make to many turns with the tap if you do the sender wont tighten
evilunclegrimace
Does not always play well with others
It CANNOT fall into the oil pan from the oil galley. It can cause enough restriction to cause the engine bearings to fail.
Jeffgmcgrr
OBS Enthusiast
I'm going with better safe over sorry. What's a rebuilt block with only 50k on it. Tomorrow I'm going to pull the plugger and bolts whatever it is above the oil filter. Wish me luck boys
leakers
Newbie
If the tool is made of titanum it will not be magnetic or attracted to a magnet, but I think a titanium one would be way too brittle anyway......Using Titanium Nitride ( friction reducing ) coating on an extractor is a bit pointless, HOWEVER
as everybody else has said, try to use the oil to blow it out. Take out the new oil sender ( put a clean white rag over the hole ( so you can see the piece when it comes out) , and remove the distributor, then use a oil pump priming tool and a drill to turn the oil pump and flush the piece back out the way it went in.
as everybody else has said, try to use the oil to blow it out. Take out the new oil sender ( put a clean white rag over the hole ( so you can see the piece when it comes out) , and remove the distributor, then use a oil pump priming tool and a drill to turn the oil pump and flush the piece back out the way it went in.
Jeffgmcgrr
OBS Enthusiast
Success.. top port even. Thanks guys
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