Hi Lew: Thanks for taking the time to reply to my question. I understand your idea of using calibrated and notched strips of plastic or sheet mettle to determine the actual oil level in the oil pan. What I don't understand is how do I establish the point along the plastic or sheet mettle strip that corresponds to the full line on the dipstick for the particular engine that I am working on? In other words how do I determine the exact point along the strip where the oil level is full but not over full. Some engines use a dip stick that is 24 inches long but only use the bottom 5 inches to measure the oil level, while others have a short dip stick and use most of its length to measure oil level. May be the best way to approach this problem would be to make an individualized notched strip for each of my engines using it's particular dip stick as a pattern. Thanks again Lew, You have got me thinking along the write track and to morrow I'll go out and experiment a little.
Paul Franklin ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Checking Engine Oil hello there friend a fellow emgineer speaking to you. I repair and operate petrol driven machinery most of the time so have a method of determining my oil levels and changes of oil. for oil refills get a piece of thin plastic which is reasonably long and send it into the oil tank to the bottom. once done so get some electrical tape and make a raised bump at the top where the rod is exposed at the lid. then with a knife blade make a series of scores into the plastic. again the same if you want with a piece of metal. thin sheet metal should do. but this one will use a piece of cork as an adjustable stop. this means you can place the rod into the tank of choice and adjust the sliding cork which will be a nice tight fit down or up the rod to match the depth from lid lip to base of tank. I have one for my pro machines and a seperate unit for my chainsaws which require chain oil refils on a regular basis lew [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
