**** Dip Stick

[w3ozwizard]

Ok Folks I have just about had it with that long snake engine oil dip stick on my V-10 Ford 6.8 engine. It is very long and has many twists in it. Why??? I do not know. Anyway I have been changing and checking my oil in the past year I have had the MH. When I pull the dip stick out, it seems there is oil on it about half way up. I really can't tell where the oil stops on the stupid stick. There are two holes on the end of the stick and I am assuming that as long as there is oil in them I am find. Today I changed my oil and filter. Put in 6 quarts of oil with the filter. I checked the oil and again I just could not tell where the oil line ends on the stick. Anyone else have this problem and can tell me how to read the stick. I have never had a car or truck that had a mickey mouse stick for checking Oil like this one does.

[Trackrig]

I can't tell you how to read the dip stick, but I might know where the oil is coming from half up? IF, and that's the big IF here, you pull your dip stick out, wipe the end of it off and then put it back down to read the oil, it's possible that from pulling the dip stick out the first time, the oil on the end of the stick is rubbing / coming off someplace half way up the tube as it makes contact with the dip stick tube.

Then when you reinsert the dip stick for your reading, it's contacting the oil that rubbed off the first time you withdrew the dip stick. If this is the case, only pull your dip stick out once and read it. Don't wipe it off and then stick it back in for the reading. This method won't work if you've shut the engine off from splashing oil all around in the last 30 minutes, but let it sit overnight or several hours and it should work just fine.

Bill

[Two_Hands]

You are preaching to the choir. They have to be able to design something better.