my oil dipstick cap flew off while i was driving and oil started spraying on my headers and onto the bottom of the hood. This car is my daily driver and i had to order one which will take 3 days. What are some options to stop the spraying if i'm going to be driving it. If i shove some tin foil in the dipstick hole, what that temporarly help, or would that be a stupid idea? Please help ASAP because i need it for work tommarow morning.

 

Tin foil is a terrible idea. You dont want to chancegetting anything metalic into the crank case. Just put a plastic baggie and rubber band around it.
Wait..... Dipstick "Cap"?? Are you talking about the dipstick, or the fill hole cap on the valve cover? Either way, I dont see how eitherone can "fly" off...........?

 

my wife pulled my oil dipstick off last month and broke the orange thing off that pulls the dipstick out. I put it back on and it seemed to stay untill today when i noticed an oil smell comeing through my vents. I opend up the hood and the orange cap was missing and it looks like oil is spraying out onto the hood and onto the intake manifold.

 

Yeah they get brittle over time. Its very common. Hopefuly you didnt yell at her too much [8D]

 

lol, i was mad at her at first, but i got over it pretty quick. So if i put a little plastick bag around it with a rubber band around, that will work? Wont the hot oil melt the bag?

 

Well, a latex glove or maybe something thicker than a plastic baggie. Use your imagination.