[DeTomaso] Oil dipsticks that can actually be checked!

[thomas]

5 mar 2013 kl. 01:41 skrev Michael Cox <coxmichaelt at gmail.com>:

> Mike Drew said:
>> What you're supposed to do is to remove your oil pan,
>> install this new tube and stick, and see how far it goes
>> into the engine.   If you're happy with it, then you put
>> the oil pan back on and live happily ever after.
> 
> If we trust the original dipstick, can't we just fill up to the
> full line then install new dipstick/tube and see where the
> mark wants to be? I'm pretty sure some simple math
> and a tape measure could get the overall length relatively
> accurate if we suspect trimming is necessary.

Or just lay the old and new stick/tube assemblies side by side and verify the lengths.

Thomas
> 
>   --mike (lazy in Redondo Beach)
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