A dippy time
| Posted by Chill on 05 Feb 2010 at 12:50 am |
The past two cars I’ve owned — including the GTO — the oil dipstick is basically useless for reading the oil level.
No matter if the engine is hot, cold or in between, on my Maxima and now on the GTO, either the dipstick looks like the oil level is either way, way, overfilled or completely empty. Never anything in between, like, say, how much oil is actually in the car.
I haven’t had this problem with other cars I’ve owned. Not on the 300ZX TT, not the Corolla, not the Altima and, well, not any other car.
Just annoying, more than anything, but is it so hard to make an oil dipstick that reads accurately, or in this case at all?*
*And yeah, I do clean it off, do try withdrawing it without touching the sides, etc. I tried to read the oil on my GTO 20+ times (just as I’ve done on the Maxima), and it’s useless.