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"Philip" <1chip-state1@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> "Huw" <hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> "Danny L." <dan.lundberg@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1136814308.923560.124360@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...[color=darkred]
>>>I have a somewhat bizzare problem, which is that my dipstick doesn't
>>> read accurately anymore. I seem to get a long thin trail up about half
>>> the length of the dipstick, instead of a nice solid reading at the
>>> bottem where it's supposed to be.
>>>
>>> I'm pretty sure this started when I got it back from a shop in the
>>> summer, I'm afraid they may have overfilled my engine oil? Anyways,
>>> when I did my own change last month, I let it drain a long time and
>>> very carefully filled to what the engine + filter capacity is. The car
>>> has never burned oil, so I'm not worried about the level getting low,
>>> but I would prefer to have a functioning dipstick.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts on causes / cures?
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>> More likely a defective dipstick operative.
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>> Assume the level to be where he oil wets the dipstick all the way across.
>> Try taking a reading when the oil is cold, before starting.
>> Ultimate cure is to replace the dipstick operative.
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>> Huw[/color]
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> HA! You nasty, insensitive, prejudiced man! Hmmph! /:^ /
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> Clearly the "dipstick" is not a Toyota part.
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Over here a 'dipstick' is slang for an idiot. It derives from the oil level
stick sometimes being called the 'idiot stick' because it is the most basic
of instruments. However, posts such as these prove beyond doubt that the
metal dipstick is not dipstick proof. LOL

Huw