no engine oil dipstick by design

[ATex7239]

I would be perfectly ok with an oil level sensor/gauge. I don’t keep up with my fuel level by dropping a sounding stick in tank either.

 

[incognito_2u]

My Mazda has both a dipstick and an electronic reading on the Infotainment center. The lazy me occasionally uses the electronic method, but the aggressive me still checks it the “old fashioned” way……..it hurts to say that, lol!

 

[rstcso]

My Mazda has both a dipstick and an electronic reading on the Infotainment center. The lazy me occasionally uses the electronic method, but the aggressive me still checks it the “old fashioned” way……..it hurts to say that, lol!

Trust, but verify.

 

[MasterSolenoid]

I hate dipsticks. So hard to get an accurate reading unless you are perfectly level and many show different results on either side of the stick

Recently, I saw someone checking their transmission fluid with a dipstick.
It had to of been four feet long.
Your average driver today would be sooo confused.

 

[MasterSolenoid]

My Mazda has both a dipstick and an electronic reading on the Infotainment center. The lazy me occasionally uses the electronic method, but the aggressive me still checks it the “old fashioned” way……..it hurts to say that, lol!

That's how I check the air in my tires.
I use a 'manual' digital gage and occasionally use the TPMS.

 

[SC Maintenance]

Yet another solution in search of a problem.

 

[Rand]

Didnt we just have a thread on this a couple days back...

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Thread '2025 Ram Hurricane I-6 dipstick deletion'

Tuesday at 12:44 PM

What is the consumer to do? This engine does not have a dipstick to check oil level.
How are the dealers checking after drain/fill? Putting 7.5 qts in and broom you out the door?
What about mid-OCI how do you know where it's at? leaving it all up to an "oil-life" gauge on the dash.
I understand OEM wants us out of the picture under the hood. But, this is a basic task of ours here at
BITOG, to do, choose and monitor the life-blood of our power-plant. Does anyone know a tip or trick or secret
that can get us this simple little thing that every other vehicle seems to have? I worked at AISIN...

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[SupremePossum]

I'd rather have it on the dash than my BMW F750 GS where you have to start it up, pat your head 10 times, ride for 20 mins in the mountains of the alps at exactly 20 degrees, brake 4 times and then wait 10 mins and check it

For the life of me I never know the level...

 

[50yr Street Mech]

Sorry, Being that the price of an engine is so astronomically high,,,, ( I mean we're not talking about a Dodge Slant 6 with a 1 barrel carb from the 70's here, sitting on a shelf in a junkyard for $100 bucks),,,,,, I would not trust a computer to send me the oil level of an engine. True, we don't use a stick to measure fuel in a gas tank, but a stuck sending switch in a gas tank won't destroy an engine. You just run out of gasoline . The engine will be fine. It's bad enough they're doing away with transmission sticks. Personally, I use that transmission stick to check on the quality of the ATF, especially after a long hot summer of stop and go driving, or sitting in extended periods of bumper to bumper traffic. Those fans can only do so much,,,a lot of heat builds up inside that engine bay. Then add the A/C as the icing on the cake. I'll keep my cars. They all have 2 sticks each. Vehicles are getting too complicated anyway. The owner's manual's are about as thick as a Webster's Dictionary now.