[Healeys] Reading Dipstick

[Alan Seigrist]

my audi BJ9 has a sealed tiptronic gearbox.  you're only supposed to change
the oil once every 100km.  No dipstick, nuthin.

On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 3:01 AM, Bob Brown <blkbt7 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Bob
> I'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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