Bill,
If I'm not mistaken, the diptick rests on an identaion formed into the oil
pan. Even if you tube was broken or too short the dipstick should still
rest in the same depth of the oil.
Gerard
At 11:15 AM +0000 3/24/00, Bill & Cindy wrote:
>List,
>
>Can anyone tell me the correct length of the plastic oil dipstick
>tube? That is; how much of it should be protruding from where it is
>inserted into the boss in the block of a 1275 motor.
>
>Im reasonably sure that ours is broken and a bit shorter than it
>should be, causing a false reading on the dipstick, or in other words,
>actually overfilled when when reading max. Also the dipstick just kind
>of rests in the tube with no positive feel of retention or clamping
>notion...furthering my suspicion that the tube is broken off short of
>original.
>
>Someday I'll get around to ordering a new one, but for now if I knew
>the proper tube dimensions I could accomodate for the missing bit of
>tube.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bill & Cindy
G G Gerard Chateauvieux
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