Its a long shot, but happens a lot to Fiestas, does the dipstick look long enough? Some Fords have the level marker as an insert on the metal and it forms a weak spot and it drops off, thus making the dipstick shorter...................
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Yer the dipstick is fine, got the min mark then some fins on the bottom.
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Ordered some oil and a filter from opie last night, cars only got to last me this final year at uni then I can break it for parts. As long as it lasts me 8 or so months alls good.
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So this mystery continues this morning before leaving for uni I checked the oil and the dip stick was bone dry, so chucked a couple of litres that had been kicking around in a cupboard for a few years. Drove to uni, engine was possibly the quietest its ever been! When I got there I check the level again and still bone dry. So after my lectures before driving home I checked again and wow there was loads in, well over the max mark! Drove home and checked once more and guess what....bone dry!
My road is on a very slight hill but its effect on the level would be negligible. Am I right in believing its a baffled sump? Perhaps one of the baffles has collapsed stopping oil getting to the dipstick area?? Coolant level is a tad low but its been slowly getting that way for a while. |
That's very odd for sure, I don't think the slope would make that much of a difference, our drive is on a slope which makes the level drop from the max to the min mark, it's not something random like the dipstick tube not being pushed fully in ?.
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Looking further not sure the sump is baffled so that would eliminate that theory. Would remove it to check if it wasn't for the manifold getting in the way. |
Strange one Jay.
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It's almost like something is randomly stopping oil getting to the area of the sump where the dipstick is, but I can't think what could be doing it.
Has the engine been apart in the past?. |
Yer, well the top end at least as had the cams fitting when the engine was replaced when I first got it. Must be 3 years ago now.
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I can't see that being the cause then.
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