[Healeys] Reading Dipstick

[Bob Haskell]

Bob B.,

I thought that you had gotten to the point where there was no need to 
check the dipstick - just  add a quart of oil every morning.

I do find the coiled wire dipstick of our '07 MINI hard to read with 
fresh oil.  Will have to try the paper towel trick.

Cheers,

Bob Haskell
AHCA 3000 MkI registrar
http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php

On 04/24/2018 03:01 PM, Bob Brown 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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