<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Wow. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Probably no point having a dipstick if you change the gearbox oil every 100 Km's?</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Every 60 miles?</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Did you mean 100,000?</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">:-)</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Lest we forget. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Chris<br><br></div><div><br>On 25 Apr 2018, at 12:37 pm, Alan Seigrist <<a href="mailto:healey.nut@gmail.com">healey.nut@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">my audi BJ9 has a sealed tiptronic gearbox. you're only supposed to change the oil once every 100km. No dipstick, nuthin.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 3:01 AM, Bob Brown <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:blkbt7@yahoo.com" target="_blank">blkbt7@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div>Bob</div><div>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.</div><div>Mini solved the problem in my 2016 Mini, they eliminated the dipstick. Now I must trust the computer and the oil level it reports.</div><div>Bob<br></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, April 24, 2018 01:51:54 PM CDT, Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:
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</div></div><div><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">OK, I may be the only guy who's never thought of this, but I 'solved' a <br></div><div dir="ltr">minor bugaboo (for me) recently. When I put fresh oil, esp. synthetic, <br></div><div dir="ltr">in the engine or gearbox I have a hard time reading the dipstick to <br></div><div dir="ltr">check the level (first photo; in bright sun this can be difficult to <br></div><div dir="ltr">see, the oil actually showed-up better in the photo). This can be an <br></div><div dir="ltr">issue when, for instance, I recently overfilled my gearbox/OD and got a <br></div><div dir="ltr">lot of leaking past the front seal. I usually lay the dipstick on a rag <br></div><div dir="ltr">or paper towel to prevent dripping, and it occurred to me how I could <br></div><div dir="ltr">get a good reading:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">1) dip the stick, and lay it on a clean paper towel, or similar, with <br></div><div dir="ltr">the top of the level ticks or lettering at the edge of the paper (second <br></div><div dir="ltr">photo)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">2) move the dipstick slightly to the side, keeping your reference at the <br></div><div dir="ltr">edge of the towel (third photo)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">3) now, you can see the level as the 'oil stain' on the paper towel<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">FWIW.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Bob<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div>___________________<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></body></html>