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"Huw" <hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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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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>>> "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...
>>>>>>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?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> More likely a defective dipstick operative.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> Huw
>>>>
>>>> HA! You nasty, insensitive, prejudiced man! Hmmph! /:^ /
>>>>
>>>> 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[/color]
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>> I expressed as much and more elegantly. ;^)
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> Discretion and tact is probably lost on dipsticks. ;-)
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> Huw[/color]

Truth but ... I was speaking only to you and, you understood. ;^)
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- Philip