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If he is saying the end of the tube is flared, and there is a ring at the oil pan rail, I'll throw my bet into the pot that it's broken off.




From his description that's what i sounds like to me too.

See the ring around the tube about an inch from the end at the end that goes in the block.





Here's another picture. Even though it's an RB pan rail and dipstick, that stamped ring is the same on the smallblock tube. When it's stamped, it thins that ring really well and it's usually broken right there.