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Originally Posted by Kabigon
How much effort did it take to re-insert it (i.e. does it seem likely that it could have easily slipped out on its own)?
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I just kind of slid it back into place; it definitely didn't take a mallet or anything like the other guy here mentioned. It didn't seem broken to me though. It is possible that I may have somehow loosened it in the past and it only fell out recently, but I just don't see how that would have happened since I've never had a reason to work near that. I will say my Focus was one of the very early ones (second week of production) so it could be an early mistake of some sort. Related; the dipstick shot out of the engine on its own less than a week after I took ownership of the car, spraying oil everywhere. Apparently my dipstick tube was either missing or defective.