Oil Dipstick

[Profreedomokie]

Dave, if you can't find a longer dip stick, just cut the tube off a little shorter. Easy fix.

 

[Chief Sapulpa]

I have went into stores and had them searching for blinker fluid before. Stupid people are everywhere...

You forgot about the 50' of chow line, or relative bearing grease or the valve stretcher.

 

[Dave70968]

Dave, if you can't find a longer dip stick, just cut the tube off a little shorter. Easy fix.

You kid, but on aircraft engines, the oil dipstick goes into a removable plastic tube that extends down to the crankcase. Those tubes are available in different lengths (as are the dipsticks), so using a shorter tube is a legit possibility.

New/replacement dipsticks usually come unmarked so you can calibrate it to your particular engine/sump combination, particularly in the homebuilt/experimental world.

 

[Profreedomokie]

It is a known mistake in the Fiat car world that some Abarths came from the factory with the wrong length dipsticks. Some had a yellow handle and some an orange one.

 

[NightShade]

Came across this one today.... Someone will need a longer dipstick for this van.

https://imgur.com/gallery/zNpnec6

 

[dennishoddy]

Came across this one today.... Someone will need a longer dipstick for this van.

https://imgur.com/gallery/zNpnec6

Ouch!!!!

 

[NightShade]

Ouch!!!!

Yeah, the comments on that site are hilarious....

My favorite so far was

Umm yeah, it's water obvious broke and it's rushing to the car hospital to give birth to a Mini Coop.

 

[NightShade]

Here is a commifornia one. Mute the sound since it's just retarded... But an old woman hit the gas instead of the brakes...

 

[swampratt]

That van had some very dark oil was due for a change long ago.

 

[KOPBET]

Dipstick? WTF? My cars don't have a dipstick.