Date:         Wed, 25 Apr 2001 18:01:18 -0700
Reply-To:     Alan Ruffalo <aruffalo@sprynet.com>
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From:         Alan Ruffalo <aruffalo@sprynet.com>
Subject:      Oil Dip Stick
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I think that I have the wrong oil dip stick in my new engine.
My new engine seems to be overfilled when I fill
the oil mark up the top of the two part mark on dipstick. It will smoke
something terrible until it burns the oil off to the bottom notch. I have a
feeling that there is something wrong with the measurement of the new
dipstick. It seems to take too much oil with the new dipstick. I remember my
mechanic saying that he accidentally broke my old dipstick and had to buy a
new one when he put the new engine in. Is it possible that he installed the
wrong oil dipstick?
He is out of business and I can't contact him on this matter now.
Does anybody know the correct measurements on the "High & Low" marks on the
oil dipstick for an 88 Westy?
I would like to know the measurements from the bottom of the dipstick to the
low oil mark and then to the top mark (high oil mark notch) on the oil
dipstick. One mechanic thought that he might not have removed the old O'
Ring in the engine case when he installed the oil tube on my new engine.
There was the thought that the two O' Rings might have changed the
measurements on the dipstick reading. I don't know this new mechanic and I
don't know if I should put any stock in that theory.
Most likely - the new dipstick is not the right dip stick.

Thanks,

Alan Ruffalo
88 Westy