Looks like a call to small car is in order to solve this 

Would be good if they had a video 

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> On Nov 6, 2017, at 4:25 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ed,  
> I also ordered one of those flexible dipstick kits the same day you did based on the positive endorsement from Stuart MacMillan and getting tired of always having to remove cargo and engine deck lid to check the oil.  (I have a Subie 2.2).
> I was and still am a little mystified by it.  Best conclusion I could come up with is that the black rubber hose on the "engine" side of the dipstick kit is only there for protection during shipping (to protect the o-rings and all).  The teflon tube (the actual "dipstick" itself, which works by vacuum action by placing your thumb over the top when you withdraw it to check oil) does indeed protrude about 2 inches past the distal o-ring.  And, there are 2 scribe marks around the circumference, presumably the High and Low.
> Stuart?  Can you de-mystify this thing?
> 
> Rich
> San Diego
> 
> 
>      From: Edward V Barger <edvbarger@MAC.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
> Sent: Monday, November 6, 2017 3:42 PM
> Subject: Small car dip stick kit for Subie engine
> 
> HI  
> 
> I received the Small Car dip stick kit for the Subie engine in my 87  
> 
> On checking it out noticed that the actual dip stick does not reach all the way down the rubber tube  
> 
> It appears that the rubber hose part on the end would have to be submitted in the oil pan several inches to be able to read the oil level 
> 
> It how it works or should the actual dip stick reach past the rubber tube ?
> 
> ed
> 
> 
> Edward V Barger
> edvbarger@mac.com
> 310 922 6251
> 
>