[Healeys] Reading Dipstick

[Chris Dimmock]

Wow. 
Probably no point having a dipstick if you change the gearbox oil every 100 Km's?
Every 60 miles?
Did you mean 100,000?
:-)
Lest we forget. 
Chris


> On 25 Apr 2018, at 12:37 pm, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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