Wow.
Probably no point having a dipstick if you change the gearbox oil every 100
Km's?
Every 60 miles?
Did you mean 100,000?
:-)
Lest we forget.
Chris
> On 25 Apr 2018, at 12:37 pm, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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