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Old 08-26-2017, 03:15 PM
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Default Dipstick in the Way?

I've owned 23 Porsches, 20 of which were 928's. Most of them were a struggle with the dipstick versus upper coolant hose.

I cut mine and shaped it just below the finger pull, and I find it now fits snugly and stays.

YMMV.
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H - You are back to posting! How's it going?

Alan .. nice to hear from you ... life moves on and I'm glad to have survived.
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Hey, who you callin' a dipstick!

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Hey, who you callin' a dipstick!

I think you know, not you
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You think your dipstick lives in a tough neighborhood?

Imagine dealing with all the riff-raff who've moved in here.

Its still actually easy to reach and remove - though in the garage seeing how to reinsert it into the tube requires a flashlight.

Alan

PS those intake tubes sure did accumulate some dust, one more thing for the list...
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Impressive!! I've had that separator for a decade but have yet to get around to installing it. You have a different upper rad hose which actually seems to alleviate your clearance with the dipstick. My BMW has no dipstick at all. Who's the Einstein who decided that!
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You think your dipstick lives in a tough neighborhood?

Imagine dealing with all this riff-raff who've moved in.

Its still actually easy to reach and remove - seeing how to reinsert in the tube usually needs a flashlight in the garage.

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