2007 Honda CRV Dipstick is stuck

2007 HONDA CRV
42,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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EEGIVENS
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Hi,

I just brought a pre-owned 2007 Honda CRV 2 months ago, I've put about 1,800 miles on it. Before driving out of town I wanted to check my oil. But, my dipstick is stuck and it has black sticky/oil stuff around it. Do you know of anything that I could spray on it to loosen it up?

Thanks!

Liz
Sep 9, 2009 at 9:25 AM
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RASMATAZ
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Try unbolting the dipstick tube wont come out drop the oil pan and investigate-could be the wrong stick in it-
Sep 9, 2009 at 10:21 AM
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SAMBAL BADJAK
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[quote:2d176015db="eegivens"]2007 Honda CRV 4 cyl Two Wheel Drive Automatic 42,000 miles

Hi,

I just brought a pre-owned 2007 Honda CRV 2 months ago, I've put about 1,800 miles on it. Before driving out of town I wanted to check my oil. But, my dipstick is stuck and it has black sticky/oil stuff around it. Do you know of anything that I could spray on it to loosen it up?

Thanks!

Liz[/quote:2d176015db]

Spray it liberally with WD-40 to dissolve some of the sludge. It sounds like the prior owner was slack on oil changes and yo have some burnt oil built up.
Sep 29, 2009 at 5:38 AM
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