Yup, loading in the preferred quantity is the preferred solution. I had a
dipstick on my BN7 which seemed to indicate overfilled when the proper book
amount of liters were loaded. After trying another BN7 dip stick from a
friends car, we noticed a sleeve piece insert at the dip stick guide hole was
missing. We purchased this dipstick tube from the Nocks and problem solved.
Oh, and the dipstick was marked wrong by the prior owner and had 2 sets of
marks. We now use the original marks, not the notches cut on the stick.
RVC
BN7
> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 11:04:10 -0600
> From: qualitas.jack@gmail.com
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Healeys] Dipstick
>
> The questions reminds me of the poor quality of Jaguar in the50's. I bought
> a derelict XK140 Drophead that was sitting in the corner of the shop I
> frequented. The young lady who had it had burned the motor up so it needed
a
> rebuild. One of the things needed was the dipstick. I bought one and it had
> the part number stamped on it.
>
> After the rebuild I was having trouble with oil pressure. After a while it
> would go down precipitously. A check revealed the oil at the proper level.
A
> few tries, and the mechanic got smart. He drained all the oil out of the
> sump and replaced it with the correct known quantity.When he checked the
oil
> level he found it over the mark. Apparently the dipstick, even though it
had
> the correct part number stamped on it, was marked incorrectly.
>
> Jack
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