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I'm completely confused by this thread. The sides that are being mentioned, we're talking about the sides of the dipstick itself?
How could it possibly be showing minimum on one side, and maximum on the other side of it, only an 1/8" away?. I wonder what a cross section of where the dipstick measuring spot would be... Is it sitting on a 45 degree angle when fully inserted or something?
How could it possibly be showing minimum on one side, and maximum on the other side of it, only an 1/8" away?. I wonder what a cross section of where the dipstick measuring spot would be... Is it sitting on a 45 degree angle when fully inserted or something?
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How could it possibly be showing minimum on one side, and maximum on the other side of it, only an 1/8" away?
why not just do it in the morning?
I devised my procedure after getting my car, noting that nearly everyone else with an AP1 complained about oil loss and I couldn't see very much loss when faithfully checking my oil at every fill up. Instead of believing I had some kind of miracle AP1 I decided to run on the hypothesis that my readings could be wrong. Sure enough, after I used my new procedure to measure the oil the level was frustratingly low. That was some 20,000 miles ago and nothing's happened sense but it sure made me pissed off at the time.
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Originally Posted by MikeyCB,Aug 27 2010, 09:39 AM
I'm completely confused by this thread. The sides that are being mentioned, we're talking about the sides of the dipstick itself?
How could it possibly be showing minimum on one side, and maximum on the other side of it, only an 1/8" away?. I wonder what a cross section of where the dipstick measuring spot would be... Is it sitting on a 45 degree angle when fully inserted or something?
How could it possibly be showing minimum on one side, and maximum on the other side of it, only an 1/8" away?. I wonder what a cross section of where the dipstick measuring spot would be... Is it sitting on a 45 degree angle when fully inserted or something?
For a 1/8 (if that much..) thick dipstick to show a 1/8" difference between high/low, it'd have to be going in at a 45 degree angle! (ignoring all the surface tension/capillary effects)
check the low side, its the true side.
#14
Originally Posted by s2000maniac,Aug 27 2010, 03:31 PM
why not just do it in the morning?
#16
Originally Posted by spets,Aug 27 2010, 08:28 PM
Wait, what? A cold reading should be higher, as all of the oil in the head should have drained to the pan.
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