It is important that the dip stick tube be sealed so the motor won't suck in
"false" air and throw the fuel/air ratio out of whack.
You have little choice except to fork out the $10 and get a new dip stick
except to make your own.
The new dip sticks seem to have a softer plastic handle maybe they will last
15 years instead of the current 10.
Bob Bruce
>Hello,
>
>Same problem with my 306 anyone has a 306 1.8 can help me with the
>length of the dipstick from the tip to the lip of the plastic handle?
>
>Adam Rodnitzky wrote:
>>
>> Hi-
>>
>> Maybe this has happened to you too (probably has, I'd guess). You pull out
>> the dipstick on your 8-valve 405 (which you most likely do three or four
>> times daily due to excessive oil consumption) and the plastic handle
>> crumbles off into 10 or so pieces in your hand. Now you have a dipstick
>> that can't tell you exactly how much oil is in your engine.
>>
>> And now that this has happened to me for the second time in as many
>> dipsticks, I'd like to know if someone could let me know....how much of the
>> dipstick should be inserted into the sump for an accurate reading? If
>> someone has an 8v dipstick that is still intact with the plastic handle,
>> could you please measure from the end of the dipstick to where the lip rests
>> on the dipstick tube so I can mark the same distance on my dipstick and get
>> an accurate reading? I'm sure there are others on this list who need the
>> same info!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Adam
>> '89 405DL
>>
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