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
AHCA Delegate at Large
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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