[Healeys] Reading Dipstick

[Bob Brown]

 BobI've been doing this since I bought my Mini Cooper back in 2007. I thought it was a flaw in the dipstick design. Now you tell me it is the synthetic oil.Mini solved the problem in my 2016 Mini, they eliminated the dipstick. Now I must trust the computer and the oil level it reports.Bob

    On ‎Tuesday‎, ‎April‎ ‎24‎, ‎2018‎ ‎01‎:‎51‎:‎54‎ ‎PM‎ ‎CDT, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:  
 
 OK, I may be the only guy who's never thought of this, but I 'solved' a 
minor bugaboo (for me) recently.  When I put fresh oil, esp. synthetic, 
in the engine or gearbox I have a hard time reading the dipstick to 
check the level (first photo; in bright sun this can be difficult to 
see, the oil actually showed-up better in the photo).  This can be an 
issue when, for instance, I recently overfilled my gearbox/OD and got a 
lot of leaking past the front seal.  I usually lay the dipstick on a rag 
or paper towel to prevent dripping, and it occurred to me how I could 
get a good reading:

1) dip the stick, and lay it on a clean paper towel, or similar, with 
the top of the level ticks or lettering at the edge of the paper (second 
photo)

2) move the dipstick slightly to the side, keeping your reference at the 
edge of the towel (third photo)

3) now, you can see the level as the 'oil stain' on the paper towel

FWIW.

Bob

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