Technical Oil Dip Stick Question

Hello All

I have a '54 235, and I need the oil dip stick. I keep coming across a 9 inch or a 15.75 inch, both measurements tip to stopper. All these people selling, both claim to be the right one.

Which is the correct one?

Thanks in advance,

Jorge

 

The one that you can scribe a full mark on when the pan is full , like after an oil change .. If there's excess length , cut it off .

 

X2^^^^^^

 

I've had the same problem with a couple. Customers straight 6s as I work on a few of them. 1 good 1 was the rear main seal was leaking very badly, but it was because he had the wrong dipstick. And had 7 and a 1/2 quarts in. I drained all the oil out and added 5. Then marked a dipstick to full. The leaks went away, ha ha ha.

 

Sellers always claim that their junk selling is correct, and will fit your car.

 

do you guys have any recommendations for one to get?

 

THE LONG ONE?

 

Buy both keep the correct one.

After filling the pan with the correct amount of oil, use your daily driver's dip stick and brake out the calculator.

 

I use a file and cut a little notch in the side of the dipstick to mark level. A notch is easier to see than a scribe mark IMO, especially in poor light because you can hold it up in front of whatever light there is.

 

thanks all

 

Have to wonder if the different lengths were because the dipstick above the block had to clear something, or needed to be longer to be able to reach it.
I could see a dip stick being longer in a truck that might have set up higher so a guy could reach it leaning over the higher up fender.

 

There is a big difference between 9" and 15.75" !!!
Surely you can look at where the top of the dipstick tube is and where the top of the sump is and have a wild guess as to which one it is. You've got almost 7" to play with.

 

...or the******** who had the engine before you just stuck the first dipstick they found into the hole. I spent an afternoon trying to troubleshoot a head oil flow problem until I worked out the the "full" mark on the stick was only about 1\4 full.

 

Do you need just the dip stick, or do you also need the dip stick tube? I'm guessing there may have been different lengths for different vehicles.
If you're rebuilding the engine and the pan is off, you should be able to use a piece of coat hanger wire to estimate how long the dip stick needs to be.

 

Read the last line slowly .......LOL. Talk about double entendres ...

 

I don't get what you mean. Just trying to help a guy work out how long his dipstick is.

 

Uh huh