Patent ID: 7159330

Claim:
An oil level gauge guide structure, comprising: an oil level gauge guide for holding an oil level gauge, the oil level gauge being insertable in and removable from the oil level gauge guide; a resinous part fixed to an engine main body; a clip having a first end section held to the resinous part by being pressed to the resinous part, and a second end section held to the oil level gauge guide by being pressed to the oil level gauge guide; two linear stoppers formed on the oil level gauge guide and contactable respectively with opposite side surfaces of the second end section of the clip in a condition in which the second end section of the clip is held to the oil level gauge guide; and an O-ring fixed on an end section of the oil level gauge guide, the end section being inserted into and held in a communication hole in communication with an oil pan, wherein the end section of the oil level gauge guide is inserted into the communication hole in a first direction so as to be held in the communication hole, the first end section of the clip being pressed to the resinous part in a second direction so as to be held to the resinous part, the first and second directions being parallel with each other.