Well it happens here in Oz too...I find exactly the same thing on
my van.
However, since I'm in the southern hemisphere,I wonder if it's the
opposite side of the dipstick reading high...?

Steve O
Blue Mountains NSW Australia.
'92 Transporter WBX Kombi
'76 Transporter Double Cab
'68 Beetle
'00 Transporter 5Cyl Double Cab (work truck)

At 11:48 PM 25/09/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>From:    Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
>Subject: Re: Dipstick readability tip
>
>Me too and I could never figure out how that could be.  Maybe it's a
>coastalthing?
>
>
>MikeOn 9/25/02 1:37 PM, "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
> >
> > Do you have trouble with false high readings?  I often find that the
> > reading on one side of the stick is much lower than the other side...
> >
> > david