No dipstick

[diy_fun_uk]

How the heck can that be considered progress? I'm watching a guy on YT who buys wrecked cars and repairs them. He's just bought an SVR Range Rover and says they need to check if it has oil before trying the engine. However as it doesn't have a dipstick they need to hook the car up to the electrics etc etc ... just to check the oil.

Progress? What a joke.

 

[Jurassicspark]

My theory is they want you to not check so you blow your **** up so they can sell you an engine.

Making us lazier that's it. Newer generations won't know if a dipstick even existed, even if they do hear the word, they'll probably think it was a insult.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

How the heck can that be considered progress? I'm watching a guy on YT who buys wrecked cars and repairs them. He's just bought an SVR Range Rover and says they need to check if it has oil before trying the engine. However as it doesn't have a dipstick they need to hook the car up to the electrics etc etc ... just to check the oil.

Progress? What a joke.

Lots about like that.

If vehicle suffers an oil leak, do you run engine to find out it's got no oil?

Only sensible action is to drain the engine and then refill and run to then find out it's got a major leak and all has to come out again.

Progress as you say

Trade wise, there are some dipsticks (laser tools amongst others) you can use, but you even need a range of them to cover enough cars

Laser 4807 for example

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Lots about like that.

If vehicle suffers an oil leak, do you run engine to find out it's got no oil?

Only sensible action is to drain the engine and then refill and run to then find out it's got a major leak and all has to come out again.

Progress as you say

Trade wise, there are some dipsticks (laser tools amongst others) you can use, but you even need a range of them to cover enough cars

Laser 4807 for example

To me it's stupid, absolutely stupid. Although I'm not surprised given cars are becoming ever more like mobile devices as opposed to vehicles.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

I was going to say don't buy modern shoite. But then, the other day I read about early 90s Mercs with biodegradeable wiring loom insulation. WTF?

So it seems like lunacy in car design isn't a recent thing.

 

[Avocet]

I was going to say don't buy modern shoite. But then, the other day I read about early 90s Mercs with biodegradeable wiring loom insulation. WTF?

So it seems like lunacy in car design isn't a recent thing.

I doubt it was biodegradable "by design". More like it was designed like every other loom they did, but some penny-pinching bean counter in Purchasing, found a supplier that was £1-a-loom cheaper and decided to "save" the company a lot of money. That's what usually happens...

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

Manufacturers like making things awkward, possibly as it keeps their Service Department in work.


My Employer bought some DAF trucks, to replace Volvo's. (We've now gone back to Volvo!) No access to the Dipstick, and to change a Headlamp bulb, you need to tilt the cab. Not something we could do, so needed a Service Callout at whatever that cost was each time.

Volvo have a dipstick under the front grille, and headlamp bulbs can be changed by removing a plastic panel in the cab steps.

 

[foxhole]

Nothing new, my ten year old Volvo has no dipstick , sensors tell you if oil is low .

 

[Deleted member 142255]

Nothing new, my ten year old Volvo has no dipstick , sensors tell you if oil is low .

Mine too.

 

[Notch7]

America has a big one

 

[EFLImpudence]

America has a big one

They are not the only ones.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Nothing new, my ten year old Volvo has no dipstick , sensors tell you if oil is low .

Just imagine if you had a leak?

Would you dare start it to find out how much oil it has left in it ?

 

[Koolpc]

America has a big one

You REALLY do love Trump Notchy!!!!

You cant stop talking about him!! Lol...

 

[foxhole]

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Just imagine if you had a leak?

Would you dare start it to find out how much oil it has left in it ?

It tells you when and how much oil to add.So not a problem.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

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It tells you when and how much oil to add.So not a problem.

Most cars without dipstick will only register the level after being run and engine up to operating temperature.

If you have had a leak and lost too much oil, that could be too late. If the system tells you to add oil before starting then obviously that risk isn't there.