My dude! Thank you so much for this video! I have an issue with this which caused oil to spurt out and reek like my car was about to catch fire. Horribly terrifying but I'm over the moon to see that I can solve this problem myself with limited mechanical experience. Thanks bro! 🙏

Thanks for this - I knew that I couldn't have been the only one to have this problem. I was careful to make sure that it went back in all the way down because if it was too high in the hole I might next overfill with oil as the dipstick would not measure correctly.

Thank you! The shaft on my 2001 CR-V pulled out when I checked the oil while on a trip and had 350 miles until getting home. It was tricky but I managed to get it reseated right at the gas pump where I was. I'm relieved to learn that it was only pressure seated to begin with, as I worried about it popping out when under pressure while driving home. But all was well. I checked out a few other videos and was about to pay my mechanic to do the job until I found yours, which put the job into clear perspective. I just ordered a borescope for about $30 and a tube of sealant.... all for about the cost of 1/4 of an hour mechanic's time. I plan to paint the top end of the shaft with a bright high heat paint to assist with checking the oil in the future, as it is so difficult/frustrating to find the hole with the dipstick.

Oh man thank you for posting this mine fell out !!! I was trying to figure out which way the tube went back in if the curve was on tops or bottom

Awesome video and camera work. Thank you for this !

You rock this happened to me!! I found your video and this helped me a lot and saved me from the shop!

Big help. Thank you from France

There's no need to remove the heat shield as I found out you can access the hole from the left side there's enough room to get your hand in there

Good job! Thanks for helping out!

THANK YOU

Recently just happened to me... Difference is. I think mine is just cock-eyed side ways in there..I didn't have the entire part pull out .. seems as if that part that holds the dipstick has some way gotten sideways. So Im gonna have to screw the shield off to see where it is. This video did help SO MUCH. THX

At the dealer I worked at another Honda tech showed me a trick where he took a drill bit starter punch (spring loaded style) and just dimpled the part that goes in the hole all the way around. That plus a little Honda bond to seal it. FIPG from Toyota is better IMO but it worked. We literally had to pound them back into the block.

Great camerawork. Did yu use some sort of bore scope or fibre optic attachment? How about a video on the hassle of getting the heat shield bounting bolts off!!

I just watched for the gen 1 CRV? Is it yours? How’s it run?

Do they sell the dipstick tube at the dealership? Where can I get a replacement?

Happens every dang time when they change the oil. Some day I will find time to do this mod.

This just happened in my 99 cx hatch, I had to get it home and got oil all over the engine bay. I'll be fixing it tmro smh

What do i do if I don’t even have the tube it’s like not even there

What year is this?

Mine fell off & now need a new one..where can i buy the tube at?still have dipstick..

Is it still holding up?

I did this worked great but I have smoke coming from the dip stick

Does not have an o-ring?

So glad I'm not driving a crv anymore.

Great video, please don't use your ratchet as a hammer really made me cringe..