Sharphooks
Well-Known Member
Hello Gents
This past summer I posted a thread about an approx. 8" section of plastic tube that got sheared off on the edge of my dip-stick tube and fell back down into the oil pan on a Honda BF9.9
My mechanic said: "Leave it in there. Go fishing. Pull the head this winter and get it out; or, just leave it in there."
Reason it got there---I was using an oil pump to pull some oil back out (I over-filled). The pick-up tube was brittle, got caught on the bottom edge (sharp!!) of the dip-stick tube and fell back into the oil pan.
I'm here to tell you guys the following: if that ever happens to you and your kicker, pull the head and get it out immediately. Pictures are worth a thousand words---the second pic shows the bits and pieces of the pick-up tube that were stuck to the screen of the oil pump hose. A freaking miracle that any oil made it to the filter and the moving parts of the engine!
This past summer I posted a thread about an approx. 8" section of plastic tube that got sheared off on the edge of my dip-stick tube and fell back down into the oil pan on a Honda BF9.9
My mechanic said: "Leave it in there. Go fishing. Pull the head this winter and get it out; or, just leave it in there."
Reason it got there---I was using an oil pump to pull some oil back out (I over-filled). The pick-up tube was brittle, got caught on the bottom edge (sharp!!) of the dip-stick tube and fell back into the oil pan.
I'm here to tell you guys the following: if that ever happens to you and your kicker, pull the head and get it out immediately. Pictures are worth a thousand words---the second pic shows the bits and pieces of the pick-up tube that were stuck to the screen of the oil pump hose. A freaking miracle that any oil made it to the filter and the moving parts of the engine!

