General Check engine oil on twin air

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General Check engine oil on twin air

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Hi,when checking engine oil level on a twin air engine,do you wipe the stick and place it on top of the threads,or screw it down till its fully closed. Reason I ask is when checking the old PAS systems,you rested the dip stick on top of the threads,then take the oil level reading. Cheers.
 
In 23k miles with 2 Pandas, just unscrewed and pulled out most of the way and it's read fine after few hundred miles post oil change. Has to be flat tarmac surface too. While handbook says/has said check every 2 weeks or 600 miles, have done more often to be on safe side. Changed every 6 months or 9000 miles if you do 18k a year, should be faultless. Hope this helps.
 
Hi,when checking engine oil level on a twin air engine,do you wipe the stick and place it on top of the threads,or screw it down till its fully closed. Reason I ask is when checking the old PAS systems,you rested the dip stick on top of the threads,then take the oil level reading. Cheers.

To answer your question, yes you need to screw it all the way in until it clicks and then remove to read, it's not easy to see the oil on the dipstick particularly when fresh, and yes, make sure car is on a flat surface
 
Thanks for the replies,my main issue was where does the dip stick have to be.I have no hand book,and surprised how little/no info there is on the Internet about this,as I feel it is very important to know if dipstick sits on top of,or screwed down to get the correct reading.
 
Or the registration number.
Well, so far I didn't have any luck using the registration number. Using the VIN always works fine.

However, after reading your comment I tried it again. Then I discovered that using the registration number works fine too as long as you skip the dashes that are part of every Dutch registration number...
 
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