[Healeys] Reading Dipstick

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There's a joke going around about the dipstick in modern cars being
behind the steering wheel :)

Also, wiping the stick with brake cleaner before dipping makes it much
easier to see as the transition is wet to dry rather than oily to
slightly less oily.

Andy.


> Our everyday Mercedes-Benz also has no dipstick and every time I need to
> make sure there is enough oil in the engine I have to refer to the owner’s
> manual to make sure I press all the right buttons. Changing the oil is not
> fun especially working out how to reset the next service indicator.
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> Hoo Roo
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> Patrick Quinn
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> Blue Mountains, Australia
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> From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bob
> Brown
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 April 2018 5:01 AM
> To: Healeys; Bob Spidell
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Reading Dipstick
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> Bob
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> 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.
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> Mini solved the problem in my 2016 Mini, they eliminated the dipstick. Now I
> must trust the computer and the oil level it reports.
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> Bob
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> On ‎Tuesday‎, ‎April‎ ‎24‎, ‎2018‎ ‎01‎:‎51‎:‎54‎ ‎PM‎ ‎CDT, Bob Spidell
> <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
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> OK, I may be the only guy who's never thought of this, but I 'solved' a
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> minor bugaboo (for me) recently.  When I put fresh oil, esp. synthetic,
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> in the engine or gearbox I have a hard time reading the dipstick to
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> check the level (first photo; in bright sun this can be difficult to
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> see, the oil actually showed-up better in the photo).  This can be an
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> issue when, for instance, I recently overfilled my gearbox/OD and got a
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> lot of leaking past the front seal.  I usually lay the dipstick on a rag
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> or paper towel to prevent dripping, and it occurred to me how I could
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> get a good reading:
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> 1) dip the stick, and lay it on a clean paper towel, or similar, with
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> the top of the level ticks or lettering at the edge of the paper (second
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> photo)
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> 2) move the dipstick slightly to the side, keeping your reference at the
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> edge of the towel (third photo)
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> 3) now, you can see the level as the 'oil stain' on the paper towel
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> FWIW.
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> Bob
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