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    had some ECS store credit so i just picked up the polished billet dipstick, didn't even know that existed. given my oil consumption and non-stop checking of the oil level, this seems like a worthy buy. thanks guys! lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by webster View Post
    had some ECS store credit so i just picked up the polished billet dipstick, didn't even know that existed. given my oil consumption and non-stop checking of the oil level, this seems like a worthy buy. thanks guys! lol
    Just be careful because they get hot! Just use something to hold the handle with when warm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by t.er View Post
    lol how does that even happen? At least for me I could do imperial with a ruler, it just sucks because I have to think about the fractions. Metric is just reading sections of 10 mm, within each cm, so much more straightforward.

    Over here it's mostly in metric, even in Detroit the big 3 all work in metric. But you do get the occasional old-style company here, I've sent drawings in metric, only for them to respond back saying "can you re-send the drawing with imperial dimensions as well" then every single dimension has to be dual-dimensioned
    Yup, totally agree. I just like to measure everything in metric cause it's way easier to remember and convert.


    Quote Originally Posted by pedro2u View Post
    oh, I'm with ya!

    As an Engineer, I've worked in manufacturing all my life, and everything is metric (which of course is simple and much better). But around the house, the only measuring devices are imperial sadly
    You know it's funny that when I was learning how to be a machinist, they teach everything in imperial. The accuracy was to the thousandth. They gave you this chart to memorize. I still never memorized it, only for the test lol You would measure with a tape measure that only goes down to 1/16th. Then you would have to convert everything back to a decimal in order to use the machine. It's like they purposely give you an extra step so you can mess up your measurements lol

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    this may be an obvious question, but are the Canadian and European dipsticks measuring quarts or liters....?

    Is it 1.1 liters between the full and add lines?
    Pete


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    answered my own question... RTFM

    The oil volume between the two marks on the dipstick corresponds to approx. 1.1 US quarts/1 liter.

    I guess all my life we'd just call that "down a quart"
    Pete


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