dip stick

[surfermick]

OK, im open to jokes,but Ive just tried to check the engine oil level. //problem//,the dip stick doesnt have higher or lower level markers, its just an enlarged ball end , no markers at all. any clues as to where i fill it to. its a 1.4 diesel 2003 model. laugh at me if this seems daft, here you are look,im laughing at myself help much appreciated.

[Capncol]

If you don't have a min & max line, then it is usually shown as two holes, (one for max, one for min) or a hatched area which spans the upper and lower limit.
If this doesn't answer the question, can you post a pic of it so we can see what you mean?

[surfermick]

thanks Capncol, appreciated.i will take a photo later and put it on here, ive never come accross this type of stick before.

[evilhamster]

my mums 306 had a dip stick with the palstic end.
when she snaped the plastic she ended up with just a ball on the end.

[surfermick]

that sounds like it, i will do a photo.

[surfermick]

[surfermick]

looks like it has a piece snapped off.

[Capncol]

New dipstick time!

[surfermick]

ok, thanks, i wonder if they are all different? ebay here i come.

[Capncol]

You could always find someone with an engine the same as yours, compare your dipstick with the marks on theirs and hacksaw a couple of notches in the steel on yours in the correct place.