[DeTomaso] Dipstick length

[Asa Jay Laughton]

If the level of oil is too high, it will then interfere with the crank 
throw.  I believe the stock mark is the optimum height for -any- pan.  
To go -above- that is simply inviting trouble.

I would seriously like to understand, or know what the reasoning is 
behind filling a pan, any pan, above the stock full mark on a stock 
dipstick.

Please enlighten me.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired

& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA

1973 Pantera L 5533
[ASASCAT]
    
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Jim Gray wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I'm confused about the "any pan" statement.  When I got the new 10 qt pan I
> had to remark the full line as it had now moved about 1/2 in higher.  This
> was with just 10 qts and nothing extra for the new filter for which I would
> normally add another 1/2 qt.
>
> Just my experience
> Jim Gray
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On
> Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 5:57 PM
> To: chrisvkimball at msn.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Dipstick length
>
>
> In a message dated 10/21/07 4:01:40 PM, chrisvkimball at msn.com writes:
>
>
>   
>> Let me know what you think about my dipstick's length.
>>
>>
>>     
>
> The early cars came with dipsticks that were too long.   They were supposed
> to be corrected when the car went to the dealer for service, but if the
> owner
> wasn't a dealer-service kind of guy, it wouldn't have been fixed.   When the
> dipstick was shortened, the handle was painted yellow to signify that it had
> been done (and all Panteras coming off the production line thereafter had
> yellow
> handles).
>
> The length should be exactly 38 inches.   This is regardless of the type of
> oil pan, because the only thing the dipstick is measuring is the height of
> the
> oil below the crankshaft.
>
> Now, it's *possible* that if you have a completely aftermarket dipstick
> *and*
> tube, that the length could be correct as they could have been sold as a
> matched pair.   But that's a very unlikely scenario.   Almost assuredly you
> just
> have a stock dipstick that was never fixed.
>
> Mike
>
>
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