Our dipsticks-anyone ever attempted the O ring replacement ?

[Ringsby4]

There's a plethora of info re the dipsticks on our 2.0's mainly relating to plastic failure and the vacuum/pressure cycle but has anyone just replaced the O ring ?
My d/s is sound but the seal has obviously gone as attested by the dusty oil stain near the handle.It would be a tight exercise to replace that tiny ring...
Any thoughts ?

[Ringsby4]

Looking at this again it appears the engineers at Audi were either having a dumb day or a greedy day when they designed this.
It appears that the O ring was rolled up the short taper on the handle end,seated in its groove and then the cable was seized in...thereby rendering replacement of the 2 cent part impossible.
O rings are a consumable and built in unnecessary redundancy I hate with a vengeance...

[shahk62]

There's a plethora of info re the dipsticks on our 2.0's mainly relating to plastic failure and the vacuum/pressure cycle but has anyone just replaced the O ring ?
My d/s is sound but the seal has obviously gone as attested by the dusty oil stain near the handle.It would be a tight exercise to replace that tiny ring...
Any thoughts ?

I've been a victim of this as well lol. Honesty the dipstick is cheap enough to replace as is :)

[Ringsby4]

I've been a victim of this as well lol. Honesty the dipstick is cheap enough to replace as is :)

I'd rather spend 20c than $A50+ for the whole dipstick-that's a carton of Corona for goodness sake

[AJacksA4]

Yeah I just bought a new one. Now its bright yellow

[Ringsby4]

Yeah I just bought a new one. Now its bright yellow

Mine still is...bright...orange,its beer o'clock here pass me a Corona with lime please !

[Ringsby4]

I don't think there is any easy solution to this bar buying a new dipstick.
I'm pissed off though, even after Corona's lol

[hemantpd1]

I was thinking of to change the o-ring on the dipstick, but later decided to buy a new dipstic. Was afraid if o-ring breaks and ends up in the engine.

[AJacksA4]

Mine still is...bright...orange,its beer o'clock here pass me a Corona with lime please !

Mmm now I'm gonna go buy some tomorrow.

I was thinking of to change the o-ring on the dipstick, but later decided to buy a new dipstic. Was afraid if o-ring breaks and ends up in the engine.

I found the bottom portion of the plastic missing on mine, which lead me to buy the new one. The plastic does tend to crack and break off