12-01-19, 02:01 PM
(12-01-19, 01:20 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: [quote author=YamFazFan link=topic=24849.msg290473#msg290473 date=1547294183]
[quote author=Dynspud link=topic=24849.msg290439#msg290439 date=1547232469]
What about a dipstick?
Unrelated to the thread, but I owned a Citroen car several years ago that had a wire dipstick, but with a plastic tip on the end with the level lines on it.
They were well known for the tip snapping off way down in the dipstick tube as it negotiated it's way around a bend in the tube.
It was due to the constant heating/cooling weakening it. You had to buy a new dipstick, then as you inserted it the broken bit got pushed down into the sump. The oil strainer prevented it going anywhere or doing any harm. Daft though eh :rolleyes
[/quote]Yep - I had that car. And I would push dipstick down inch by inch and as I did I would let it rotate as it wanted to. I think the way down there was a contorted route that did not help the plastic bit on the end.
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I bet you sold it to him? :lol
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