- 1. When to dip your dipstick? (score: 1)
- Author: johnhunt@eeap.ogi.edu (John Hunt)
- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:46:56 -0700
- MG list: Should the oil level be checked immediately after stopping the engine or after all the oil has drained to the sump? Anyone have a definitive answer? ** "Maintain the oil level at the 'MAX' m
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00725.html (7,865 bytes)
- 2. re:When to dip your dipstick? (score: 1)
- Author: "MIKE_J2@SFOV1.VERIFONE.COM" <MIKE_J2@sfov1.verifone.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 15:00:28 -1000
- When on the road or on a trip I check the oil level after I finish filling the gas tank, assuming self service is allowed. If self service is not allowed I check the oil level after I visit the men's
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00726.html (7,619 bytes)
- 3. Re: When to dip your dipstick? (score: 1)
- Author: "John M. Trindle" <jtrindle@tsquare.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 22:00:27 -0400 (EDT)
- Not definitive, but: Checking it cold will always ensure "all" the oil is in the sump. This is a lot more reproducible than checking while warm, since you don't know home much has drained back into t
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00734.html (8,427 bytes)
- 4. Re: When to dip your dipstick? (score: 1)
- Author: Ragthyme@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 11:33:07 -0400
- Your oil dipstick is a pretty simple creature. It runs from midway down the block and just sort of pokes into the sump. What it's measuring is the oil level in the sump; from this it should be clear
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00751.html (7,394 bytes)
- 5. re:When to dip your dipstick? (score: 1)
- Author: michaelb@cyberenet.net (Michael S. Black)
- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 13:57:37 +0100
- Maybe it wasn't you but when i was 6 ( about 20 years ago) my dad told me to do just that on his NEW lawnmower. Heh when he started it, smoke was everywhere and oil was gushing. I guess i have learn
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00761.html (7,732 bytes)
- 6. re:When to dip your dipstick? (score: 1)
- Author: Len Bugel <bugel@miranda.fnal.gov>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 13:40:14 +0000
- My best friend's sister-in-law filled her mower engine via the carb -- it had an oil-bath air cleaner, and she just kept pouring in oil 'til it was full! She also once tried to dispose of a rather la
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00766.html (7,911 bytes)
- 7. Re: When to dip your dipstick? (score: 1)
- Author: "John M. Trindle" <jtrindle@tsquare.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 08:36:21 -0400 (EDT)
- It burps eventually... we had intermittant oil pressure readings for a short while after the engine rebuild, but it eventually stabilized. We did remove the tube at one of the junctions (oil pressure
- /html/mgs/1996-07/msg00782.html (7,948 bytes)
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