Stuck CVT dipstick. (Resolved!)

[Fuelblender]

I can't pull CVT dipstick out of tranny. Has anyone else experienced this? I'd hate to use excessive force and end up breaking something.

[Fummins]

Yeah, pull harder. They get kinda stuck if they're not checked in forever. I see it once in a while even though at work it's supposed to be checked weekly.

[Cobrajet]

This would happen on my '02 BMW's oil dipstick EVERY TIME I went to check the oil. I assume it was because the o-ring had hardened and wasn't pliable anymore, thus it was binding in the dipstick tube.

I had to REEF on it to get it out! Seriously, it was tug-of-war time. Sometimes they are just sticky.

[Fuelblender]

This would happen on my '02 BMW's oil dipstick EVERY TIME I went to check the oil. I assume it was because the o-ring had hardened and wasn't pliable anymore, thus it was binding in the dipstick tube.

I had to REEF on it to get it out! Seriously, it was tug-of-war time. Sometimes they are just sticky.

Thanks, Cobrajet! I gave it a big tug and out it came. That bugger was really stuck. The fluid was very clean (the car is only a year old, 21000 miles).

[Fuelblender]

Yeah, pull harder. They get kinda stuck if they're not checked in forever. I see it once in a while even though at work it's supposed to be checked weekly.

Thanks, Fummins!