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mk1boy
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Hi, I need a dipstick AND tube for a 2.3 if anyone has one going spare....thanks
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gozz
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Re: Dipstick
« Reply #1 on: Nov 28th, 2011, 9:32am » |
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I will send you one for £12 inc post.PM me your address if you want it.
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Mike H
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Re: Dipstick
« Reply #2 on: Nov 28th, 2011, 12:27pm » |
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Is this for the car that came with it missing?
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mk1boy
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Re: Dipstick
« Reply #3 on: Dec 20th, 2011, 8:57pm » |
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Saved by Gozz - what a man!
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Mike H
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Re: Dipstick
« Reply #4 on: Dec 21st, 2011, 12:37am » |
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So what was on there instead then?
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gozz
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Re: Dipstick
« Reply #5 on: Dec 21st, 2011, 4:20pm » |
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Anole I reckon Mike 
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Mike H
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Re: Dipstick
« Reply #6 on: Dec 21st, 2011, 6:21pm » |
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Yikes....
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mk1boy
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Re: Dipstick
« Reply #7 on: Dec 21st, 2011, 10:40pm » |
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One thing I will now always look for when buying a car is whether it has a dipstick. C'mon guys, honestly - would you check for something as obvious as that....? 
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lesterlad aka Rodders
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Re: Dipstick
« Reply #8 on: Dec 22nd, 2011, 11:59am » |
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on Dec 21st, 2011, 10:40pm, mk1boy wrote:| One thing I will now always look for when buying a car is whether it has a dipstick. C'mon guys, honestly - would you check for something as obvious as that....? |
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Ermm, yes, if only to check the condition of the oil and whether there was enough in it.
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mk1boy
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Re: Dipstick
« Reply #9 on: Mar 26th, 2012, 10:32pm » |
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Having searched high and low (well, just low) for the dipstick 'ole, I gave up. There isn't one. So I gave the car to a friendly mechanic to look at and he said the same thing. No 'ole, but there is a blank where one could be drilled. He says the engine is from something else that must have relied on an electronic oil level measuring system or somesuch nonsense. Any ideas?
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gozz
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Re: Dipstick
« Reply #10 on: Mar 27th, 2012, 12:02am » |
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A rarity indeed  I suppose the Galaxy has a dipstick ? if so it would be at the front of the engine bay,as in the Scorpio it is on the nearside at the rear of the engine.There's a fair chance that these engines have been used in industrial applications whereby,as the man said,an electric gauge and possibly an electric engine cut out if the oil ran low.
As Rodders pointed out,when buying a used vehicle you would always have a look what's on the dipstick and in the cooling system,in case somebody tries to palm you off with a faulty head gasket.
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5stud
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Re: Dipstick
« Reply #11 on: Mar 27th, 2012, 10:42am » |
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you have a sh-ore-recon motor out of a fwd galaxy the dipstick hole is in a dferent place .years ago when i put a 8v scorpio motor into a galaxy had to blankof the hole and drill a new one but you cant do that insitue
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mk1boy
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Re: Dipstick
« Reply #12 on: Mar 28th, 2012, 4:53pm » |
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interesting! you say the hole is in a different place - give me a clue?!
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Re: Dipstick
« Reply #13 on: Mar 29th, 2012, 9:49am » |
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it will nowe be behind the cat so you cant see the old hole you might just feel it but its v tight.you cant just put a dipstick en ther ase the balancer shaft will eat the dipstick.if you have a galaxy sump on your motor it will have a slot in it to let the expipe throu.
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