Im trying to take a reading of my oil level so later i can know if theres any oil consumption and future oil change but heres the problem-

Is there a special maneuver to pull the dipstick out?? By the time I finish wiggling , shaking, and tugging the damn thing out, the oil on the stick is all dry and its unreadable. Also putting it back in is a different story but that I dont care as long as I can take a level reading.

BTW- theres a nice little funnel right on the top of the entrance of the dipstick and there was some nice rocks and sand that settle on there from driving and DOWN the tube it goes, real F%^$ing nice !!

 

I'm thinking that the same guy who designed our engine undercover probably designed the oil dipstick.

CUS BOTH ARE ROYALLY F_*_*_*_*_D UP!


Honestly though, the dipstick is really horrible on this car. I try to use one hand to pull the dipstick out and the other hand to stabilize the base of the dipstick handle so that it comes out at a better angle.

 

yah talking about the oil dipstick first day I bought my car, I wondered if they gave me an oil change before giving it to me so I took it out at NIGHT... yes... I went thru hell putting that back in.

 

The best way to do it is to check the oil before you drive(first thing in the morning).

 

Ya.. what the heck was the engineers thinking?

also you know when shops do your oil changes, they never bother to check your oil levels.

So I have to do it myself, it's very painful to take it out and re-insert that stick.

 

PITA isn't it

Lou

 

Sorry you had to find out. The dipstick is useless.

 

 

thats kind of a coincidence cus i always had a hard time with that squiggly-*** pos dipstick checkin my dipstick this morning and I kinda learned how to actually pull out it out somewhat smoothly. The trick is you kinda got to slowly, smoothly twist the dipstick around whiloe its coming out, and you can feel that is doesnt have as much resistance when you do this. Now getting it back in is another story, and I think thats even harder. Yes the dipstick really pisses me off.

 

Yeah, but how accurate is the reading after you slowly rotate it out?

 

I didn't really have any problems. I just grabbed the handle, pulled straight to the right an inch or two. Then rotated my hand counter-clockwise as I pulled the dipstick out the front. Dipstick was pretty easy to read.

To re-insert, I did the opposite. Turn my hand in the other direction while I fed it in, then pushed straight to the left.

 

Ha, Ha. It is good to know others have the same frustrations as I do. I think it took me 5-10 minutes to get the dipstick back in the first time I checked the oil.

 

Well yeah, nobody said it was impossible. But you realize it took you four steps, instead of just "pull out"

 

The secret is to grasp the dipstick between the thumb and forfinger of the dominant hand. While pulling back at a 20 degree angle rotate counter-clockwise 1/4 - 1/2 turn then increase pressure as you next counter-rotate the dipstick and increase the angle to approximately 30-35 degrees. At this point it is imperative to quickly reverse direction of the rotation and change hands holding the dipstick at the same time or slightly before saying a few curse words of your choosing. By now you will have successfully wiped most traces of the oil from the dipstick and any reading it provides will be useless. The final step is to pick up the vehicle and shake it firmly and listen for the sound of splashing oil within the engine and use the sound resonation to determine if you are a quart low. This method is equally effective as trying to use the dipstick on this car.

 

I prefer to just drain all the oil, see how much drained out, then pour it all back in adding extra as necessary