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What a dipstick !
Checking the oil on the D3 i find the dipstick is not the best of dipsticks for checking it and can seem to tell how far my oil really is even when cold , might just be me being over cautious and a numpty question but any one else think same and is there any other easy way to know where its at ?
21st Jan 2015 7:30 pm
armalites
Member Since: 17 Aug 2013
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739 posts and member since 2009 is this the first time you've checked the oil?
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21st Jan 2015 7:33 pm
Darryl
Member Since: 19 Dec 2009
Location: oldbury West Midlands
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Oh do you have to do it more often ?
Yea I always wipe a few times but still not sure of the reading , must agree a crappy design
Dip stick? Don't I have light to tell me when I need more oil?
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21st Jan 2015 8:22 pm
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I haven't even once checked the oil level and I have more than 739 posts.
Is this some kind of record?
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21st Jan 2015 8:38 pm
schwaggy
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Is your dipstick bent and folded on itself a little bit?
Mine is and it makes for getting an accurate reading near impossible.
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21st Jan 2015 10:59 pm
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What's a dipstick? Does mine have one?==================================
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22nd Jan 2015 12:07 am
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22nd Jan 2015 6:46 am
mcsimmo
Member Since: 08 Aug 2011
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Will I need the dipstick enabling to use it? Man with no D3 anymore, but cant leave the forum....how sad.
22nd Jan 2015 7:31 am
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8226
Re: What a dipstick !
Darryl wrote:
Checking the oil on the D3 i find the dipstick is not the best of dipsticks for checking it and can seem to tell how far my oil really is even when cold , might just be me being over cautious and a numpty question but any one else think same and is there any other easy way to know where its at ?
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22nd Jan 2015 7:56 am
Alan B
Member Since: 12 Feb 2013
Location: Fife
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Mogwyth wrote:
What's a dipstick? Does mine have one?
Quite a few have one,
Usually situated between drivers seat and steering wheel
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22nd Jan 2015 8:18 am
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Dipsticks have been the subject of discussion many times, just search dipstick balls
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