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Checking oil level..............

jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,209 ✭✭✭✭
edited July 2017 in General Discussion
Do you check oil with the dip stick screwed in or out?
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    p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 25,750 ✭
    edited November -1
    On lawnmower, unscrew, wipe, just drop back in, don't screw.
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    iceracerxiceracerx Member Posts: 8,860 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This is the reason most dipsticks have 'safe' zones. That 1/4" or so of thread doesn't really matter.

    If the engine has been sitting idle (off) overnight (or at least a few hours), you can simply read the dipstick after removing it without having to wipe it off. The oil will have settled to it's lowest level.
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    jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 25,666 ******
    edited November -1
    What does the owners manual say?
    [8D]
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    lew07lew07 Member Posts: 1,055 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by jimdeere
    What does the owners manual day?
    [8D]


    Just what My mechanic friend would say. Well almost its actually R.T.F.M[:D].
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    wpageabcwpageabc Member Posts: 8,760 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    A good practice to get into...
    "What is truth?'
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    remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,251 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by jimdeere
    What does the owners manual day?
    [8D]


    +1 with my pressure washer your screw back in, with my mortar mixer you just put it into where the threads meet
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    BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,376 ******
    edited November -1
    My riding lawn mower seems to always be oil hungry. I always check it every time I plan to use it and always have to add about 1\4 quart of oil.

    It is 25 years old and has never failed me so the oil is no real bother.

    It doesn't smoke and I really have no idea where all of that oil is going as it rests on a clean cement garage floor with no signs of leakage.
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    Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,309 ******
    edited November -1
    Was working one summer mowing lawns as a teen. The guy I was working for had this brand new honda mower he was so proud of.

    One morning it seized up on him.

    He checked the oil. All good.


    I got out the manual.

    Ooops gotta check the oil with the cap unthreaded. Not enough oil in the engine according to mfg. specs.

    He was pretty pissed.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
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    acdoddacdodd Member Posts: 1,314 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Back years ago my wife mowed the yard.
    I bought her a new riding mower for her birthday.
    She actually enjoyed mowing.
    She would not check the oil.
    After replacing the motor 3 times over the years I took over mowing.
    I check the oil level on all my small engines every time before I start it.
    Some I check with the dip stick screwed in some not.
    From Briggs and Stratton web site.

    Locate the dipstick cap, usually in yellow or black and embossed with an oil indicator.

    Remove the dipstick cap by turning counter-clockwise and then wipe it down with a clean rag to ensure an accurate reading.
    Reinsert the dipstick by applying pressure and turning clockwise before removing it again and taking a reading. The oil level should be between the Full and Add indicators.
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    jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,209 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks everybody as I think I have found out with Honda engines you check it screwed out and B & S engines you check it screwed in.
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    84Bravo184Bravo1 Member Posts: 11,109 ✭
    edited November -1
    Your "Screwed," either way. [}:)]
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    boogerbooger Member Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Many mowers and decades ago we were renting a house with a small yard and we had a hand-me-down old push mower. My wife was going to be a sport and cut the grass. She knew enough about engines to know oil was important.

    She called me at work to inform me she was going to cut the grass but after taking the oil filter off and adding oil, the mower wouldn't start, "Did I have any suggestions?".

    I told her that the mower didn't have an oil filter so we've got a situation, just push it to the shed and don't touch it again.

    You guessed it, she removed the air filter and "topped it off". [:I][8]
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    Gun_PoorGun_Poor Member Posts: 241 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I still don't know why mowers don't shut off when there is Low Oil! My honda water pump does. Seems it should be an easy thing to do.
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    1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
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    rob223rob223 Member Posts: 2,358 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I need a new one,
    Mine doesn't reach the oil Any more. :-)
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    jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,209 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1-fan
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    [:D]I had never noticed that........
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