[V8] No Dipsticks

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Took measurement from inside seat area (top of dipstick tube) to the  
top and bottom level marks:

Top 22 and 3/8"
Bottom:  23 and 1/16"

HTH

Ingo

On Mar 6, 2009, at 11:44 AM, joel driver wrote:

>
> So, does anyone have any idea where "Full" is under the proper  
> conditions, from the top of the tube? Audi wants like 60 USD for a  
> dipstick. The way I see it you can buy, or borrow one from another  
> vehicle providing it is the long enough to make it past the "Full"  
> length. Since it is not a daily check for most, if some one put the  
> measurement out there it could save thousands in members pockets to  
> not need to order the replacement.
>
> JoelD
>
>
> --- On Fri, 3/6/09, urq <urq at pacbell.net> wrote:
>
>> From: urq <urq at pacbell.net>
>> Subject: Re: [V8] No Dipsticks
>> To: V8 at audifans.com
>> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 11:19 AM
>> The justification for not including a dipstick was to
>> prevent overfilling
>> the transmission by a monkey lad or owner who would check
>> the fluid level
>> under other than the specified conditions and think that
>> fluid needed to be
>> added ...
>>
>> Steve B
>> San Jose, CA (USA)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> This car has a tube with a cap, but no stick.  What's
>> the deal with that??
>>
>>
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