Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 21:50:29 GMT From: Please_post_onlynopsamewsgroup.invalid (DAB) Subject: Re: 97 Oil Dipstick
On Sun, 03 Jun 2001 13:15:42 +0100, Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamsafish.com> wrote: > > >DAB wrote: >> >> Ok, I may be the first. I checked my oil dipstick, as usual, couldn't >> tell if I was topped off or not so I put in two quarts. For the life of >> me, I still couldn't tell if I added oil. >> > >Why? You do it in two turns: First take the dipstick out and wipe it clean. >Then put it back in fully and extract again. BTW this applies to all cars. I'm not the only one in this NG that has complained about the black plastic design on the dip stick, and how short in length it is. I can't find the thread right now. Perhaps soneone else can find it. I remember someone suggesting sanding the plastic to make it rough so as to contract the oil. > >> Two weeks later, the oil light came on simultaneously with a loud rod >> knocking and the engine died. So I had to replace the engine to the >> tune of $3,000. (used) > >Ugh! It shouldn't use any oil at this stage. Must have been a leak. > >> Without even getting in to why a 97 900 w/o turbo would lose so much >> oil, I am advising folks to do whatever is needed to alter the damn >> dipstick so you can actually check the oil. This was my fourth, and now >> last Saab. If I can't trust them to design a dipstick, the party is >> over. > >> DaveBrown > >Sorry to hear that, reply as above. > >Johannes
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