Good morning listers, While checking the coolant level in my 85 Westy GL prior to this past weekends camping trip, I noticed that my oil dipstick was missing. I had added about a quart to "Nesta" about a month ago and remember putting the dipstick back into the tube so I am sure I didn't misplace it. So that leaves 2 options: either the dipstick shot out while running the engine (rather unlikely since there is slight sucking pressure on the tube) or someone stole it (ridiculous I know). So my questions to the list are: has anyone had a similar experience? what are the potential effects of driving her without the dipstick besides not knowing how much oil she has? I put 300 miles on her without one, and she ran pretty well but did notice that her idle was a bit inconsistent (sounded like she was going to quit on me once in a while). Many thanks in advance. Peter J 85 Westy GL "Nesta"
PS - Thanks a bunch to everyone who responded to my recent post regarding my side door problem. I haven't had a chance to fix it yet but the culprit appears to be a loose spring. I'll send out personal thanks once I get some time to tackle that little problem.
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