[Healeys] Reading Dipstick

[BJ8Healeys]

I had a '92 Dodge Spirit with a Mitsubishi V-6 engine that showed a different oil level on one side of the dipstick than it did the other.  I never did figure out how Mitsubishi managed that.

 

Steve Byers

HBJ8L/36666

BJ8 Registry

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Havelock, NC  

TARHEELY license plate

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Alan Seigrist
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 10:37 PM
To: Bob Brown
Cc: Healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Reading Dipstick

 

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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