03 Nissan Micra - broken oil dipstick tube. Cambelt, and alternator query?

My girlfriend's Micra has a broken dipstick tube, it has broken right off at the sump. How easy is it to remoce the sump and push it through?
I have foumd a new tube on e-bay for £4.99.

Mike C
May 2010

just found my second dipstick tube broken. replaced it myself last time but not that straight forward. no timing belt it has a chain as we discovered when ours stretched costing over £1000 to fix. what a rip off as it was only just out of warranty.

Ian
February 2010

My wife has the same car, I've just taken it in for a service and been informed the dipstick is broken and needs to be replaced before they will complete the service. Does anyone know how/why this could break? I've been quoted £55.06 for the part plus 2 hours labour. Does this seem reasonable?

Andy
January 2009

Thanks steray
I will email you later on if thats ok

Samantha
January 2009

hi sam,dipstick tube these are only push or 1 bolt to retain not 100% sure with your car but it should not cause a problem,there's no cambelt it's a cam chain,alternator what wrong is it displaying the battery logo on dash or ? you can contact me direct at latchy@homecall.co.uk i may be able to give you a better answerif thats o.k if not,if the car is displayingthe battery logo on the dash you could be asked for £50+ just for the alternator fitting extra best of luck

steray
January 2009