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« Reply #30 on: June 05, 2015, 12:07:44 PM »
Quote from: howie on June 05, 2015, 11:53:24 AM
Yep.  Oil level sensor in pan.  Computer figures out average oil level.  You can view it any time you want.  Light comes on when you need a quart/liter. 

i like it, but why would i want to lose the dipstick option?  so ridiculous.
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« Reply #31 on: June 05, 2015, 02:38:45 PM »
That is one sensor that I would not want to rely on.

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« Reply #32 on: June 05, 2015, 03:57:33 PM »
Quote from: the_Journeyman on June 05, 2015, 02:38:45 PM
That is one sensor that I would not want to rely on.

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« Reply #33 on: June 05, 2015, 06:02:02 PM »
Quote from: ducatiz on June 05, 2015, 12:07:44 PM
i like it, but why would i want to lose the dipstick option?  so ridiculous.

Funny hearing this from a lawyer.  Wink

We took the ATF dipstick off some of our engines ~ 1996 because the clients were failing to read the manual (such a shock  Grin) and overfilling the trans = engine fires.

Reason for the dipstick removal must be similar. The one in my old beater Benz wagon works reasonably and the sensor must sense oil quality pretty well too, as when I add a fresh quart, it resets the service interval a bit longer. Who'd-a-thunket!  Wink
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« Reply #34 on: June 05, 2015, 07:40:16 PM »
Quote from: Curmudgeon on June 05, 2015, 06:02:02 PM
Funny hearing this from a lawyer.  Wink

We took the ATF dipstick off some of our engines ~ 1996 because the clients were failing to read the manual (such a shock  Grin) and overfilling the trans = engine fires.

Reason for the dipstick removal must be similar. The one in my old beater Benz wagon works reasonably and the sensor must sense oil quality pretty well too, as when I add a fresh quart, it resets the service interval a bit longer. Who'd-a-thunket!  Wink

Yep on the overfill.

Quote from: the_Journeyman on June 05, 2015, 02:38:45 PM
That is one sensor that I would not want to rely on.

JM

The hole for the dipstick is there.  Bought one Grin
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« Reply #35 on: June 06, 2015, 07:20:52 PM »
Quote from: Curmudgeon on June 05, 2015, 06:02:02 PM
Funny hearing this from a lawyer.  Wink

We took the ATF dipstick off some of our engines ~ 1996 because the clients were failing to read the manual (such a shock  Grin) and overfilling the trans = engine fires.

Reason for the dipstick removal must be similar. The one in my old beater Benz wagon works reasonably and the sensor must sense oil quality pretty well too, as when I add a fresh quart, it resets the service interval a bit longer. Who'd-a-thunket!  Wink

Well, maybe we should have two classes of cars then -- one for people who don';t know their ass from a hole in the ground, and another for people who understand you can't put 10 lbs of shit into a 5 lb bag.
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« Reply #36 on: June 06, 2015, 07:45:48 PM »
Quote from: ducatiz on June 06, 2015, 07:20:52 PM
Well, maybe we should have two classes of cars then -- one for people who don';t know their ass from a hole in the ground, and another for people who understand you can't put 10 lbs of shit into a 5 lb bag.
Grin

After 40+ years in the biz, from observation that latter class is < 5%.

If we'd had a liquor license, maybe I could have chained them to the big TV playing the intro video.  Cool Of course, THEN we couldn't let them drive home!  Wink

That also got to be a drag at a tent we used to have annually for our "nearest and dearest". Somehow never got sued though...
No longer an issue as the ticket prices became obscene ~ 2006 and the event degenerated into a drunken brawl.  Smiley
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