I’ve been using the SmallCar DipStick since 2009 & it has not

been difficult to deal with Yet,,, Did have idea pop into head several

Years ago that, because that tube is open to outside air on 1 end &

in the oil on the other, PCV could be sucking air into tube that might

then bubble out the end in the Oil & cause foaming so I keep a Cap on

the upper end of mine ~

   

> On 3 Sep , 2023, at 11:50 AM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Anyone who has a Small Car plastic oil dipstick knows they can be fiddly,
> but it is nice to be able to check the oil level without having to move
> everything out of the rear hatch area just to get to the stock dipstick.
> But that plastic tube is a major PITA!
> 
> There are two oil level rings marked on the plastic tube. You definitely
> want to add oil when the oil is at the low level mark. Trying to check
> oil and get that tube back in, I managed to break that tube right at the
> lower ring. That is a weak spot. Turned out to be good fortune. I put it in
> the oil tube and it went in easily. No more fiddly. As long as there was
> oil  anywhere in that plastic tube up to the top mark I was good. IF oil
> didn't show, add oil until it showed up the tube again. If oil just barely
> showed, it would take one quart.
> 
> That little adjustment made having a Small Cars oil tube worth it.