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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 11:07 AM
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Is the oil dipstick on a c5 flat all the way or does it twist?...
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 11:14 AM
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mine twists
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 11:20 AM
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Mine twists too.
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 11:21 AM
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They twist!
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 11:21 AM
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 11:23 AM
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Phew. I just got a really bad feeling when I pulled that out after having seen similar looking dipsticks come out of engines that can no longer run on their own.
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 09:45 PM
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 09:47 PM
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The twists are designed in to keep the dip stick in the center of the tube to help keep from wiping the oil and giving a false reading...
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Originally Posted by Evil-Twin
The twists are designed in to keep the dip stick in the center of the tube to help keep from wiping the oil and giving a false reading...
Hi ET -

Thanks for that explanation. Never knew that.

best regards -

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Hi ET -

Thanks for that explanation. Never knew that.

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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 10:09 PM
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wow TWISTED!
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Mine is straigt, not
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 10:18 PM
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Hi ET -

Thanks for that explanation. Never knew that.

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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 10:22 PM
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>>>>>>>>>. ...I would have never known why the stick was twisted:o ...ET=
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Fixed it for ya
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I thoght it was twisted just so it'd be hard to put back in.
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I thoght it was twisted just so it'd be hard to put back in.
You sound like my wife !!!
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Originally Posted by Evil-Twin
The twists are designed in to keep the dip stick in the center of the tube to help keep from wiping the oil and giving a false reading...
Thanks for the great info!! I always wondered why the twist on the dipstick.
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