Oil Stick Issues??
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Gebo said:Owner was really bragging bout the KYB shocks. It sure made it ride rough. He said he still had the originals. He has no records. He said he kept it all in his head.I can see the coolant is the DARK red, the brake fluid is the DARK brown, Tranny fluid looks okay. Starter has been replaced and he said he repacked the bearings 5000 miles ago.
I'm cooling off on this one
Good choice on the cooling off. No records, no receipts, no logs of when items were done, and fluids that look old = a truck that was not regularly maintained.
medtro said:
All 80's dipsticks are the same. The described idiosyncrocy is both common and normal. Note my earlier comments on oil level measuring techniques. Done as described (which is not the FSM way but the recognised best way) these problems do not arise.
Mike
medora said:
For the engine gebo has there is just the one dipstick design. The point is that these idiosyncrocies just dictate the measuring system I spoke of, which is a system taught me by Idaho Doug the infamous and well respected Cruiser Head.
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Gebo:
If you wish to stay with the traditional FSM way of oil level measurement but are concerned about the opposing dipstick sides show contrary level indication then i suggest you use the measuring technique #2 subset3.
With a hot engine that has stood for 3 minutes, remove and clean dip stick and take reading. before removing didpstich place a piece of tape on the from t side so you know which side of stick pointed forward. With a file or a dremel tool mark with an incision the oil level on the LOWEST side. Now turn the stick around and remeasure so that the lower side is on the other side. make a second mark. With a ruler measure the difference in heights and find the average. Now weight the average by the formula L1-L2/H where H is the depth of the cross hatches If either L1 or L2 is above the cross hatches this system will not work and you need refert here http://www.criseidiosycrocies.com/oilmeasurmnent/negative cross hatch/measurement 3b
If you wish to stay with the traditional FSM way of oil level measurement but are concerned about the opposing dipstick sides show contrary level indication then i suggest you use the measuring technique #2 subset3.
With a hot engine that has stood for 3 minutes, remove and clean dip stick and take reading. before removing didpstich place a piece of tape on the from t side so you know which side of stick pointed forward. With a file or a dremel tool mark with an incision the oil level on the LOWEST side. Now turn the stick around and remeasure so that the lower side is on the other side. make a second mark. With a ruler measure the difference in heights and find the average. Now weight the average by the formula L1-L2/H where H is the depth of the cross hatches If either L1 or L2 is above the cross hatches this system will not work and you need refert here http://www.criseidiosycrocies.com/oilmeasurmnent/negative cross hatch/measurement 3b