Dip Stick
02-01-2005, 05:03 PM
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plastic dipstick
after a long period of time the plastic dipstic will crack and will go in to the crankcase and will screw up your engine. they should have put a metal on in there un the first place
02-01-2005, 05:23 PM
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Re: plastic dipstick
Originally Posted by Jesboyhere
after a long period of time the plastic dipstic will crack and will go in to the crankcase and will screw up your engine. they should have put a metal on in there un the first place
02-01-2005, 05:30 PM
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Um, yeah, there's been a few advancements in plastic over the last 50 years. It's yellow so it's easy to find the handle, color coded to tell it apart from the tranny fluid, if equipped with auto.
When's the last time you had a dipstick problem? heard of someone with a dipstick problem? Only one I've ever seen was old metal ones that were rusty or metal/plastic ones that the handle breaks loose...
Are you looking at other cars to see what they are using? Do you really think Toyota would put something in there that they think will cause a problem?
When's the last time you had a dipstick problem? heard of someone with a dipstick problem? Only one I've ever seen was old metal ones that were rusty or metal/plastic ones that the handle breaks loose...
Are you looking at other cars to see what they are using? Do you really think Toyota would put something in there that they think will cause a problem?
02-01-2005, 10:19 PM
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Re: plastic dipstick
Originally Posted by Jesboyhere
after a long period of time the plastic dipstic will crack and will go in to the crankcase and will screw up your engine. they should have put a metal on in there un the first place
02-02-2005, 02:32 AM
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So, how much weight savings are you gonna get between a metal and a plastic dipstick? Pocket change would offset that...
Do you guys realize how many different varieties of plastic there are? By manipulating it, they can give it all sorts of properties.
Take UHMWPE, for example. That will be harder and last longer than some metals. I doubt they used the same formula that they use for coke bottles or beach toys...
Do you guys realize how many different varieties of plastic there are? By manipulating it, they can give it all sorts of properties.
Take UHMWPE, for example. That will be harder and last longer than some metals. I doubt they used the same formula that they use for coke bottles or beach toys...
i did that to a few things at work
02-02-2005, 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by TheScionicMan
So, how much weight savings are you gonna get between a metal and a plastic dipstick? Pocket change would offset that...
Do you guys realize how many different varieties of plastic there are? By manipulating it, they can give it all sorts of properties.
Take UHMWPE, for example. That will be harder and last longer than some metals. I doubt they used the same formula that they use for coke bottles or beach toys...
Do you guys realize how many different varieties of plastic there are? By manipulating it, they can give it all sorts of properties.
Take UHMWPE, for example. That will be harder and last longer than some metals. I doubt they used the same formula that they use for coke bottles or beach toys...
02-03-2005, 07:03 AM
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you can go to somewhere and have them engrave the letters *T R D * in bottom of the dipstick where it measures the oil over and over again so it's easier to see where the oil goes up to because of the indents and everybody at jiffy lube will be like "OMG DUDE YOUR CAR CAME STOCK WITH A TRD DIPSTICK!!! OMG OMG OMG!!1111111"