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Originally Posted by green van man
Not sure about your engine but my D5 had a technicians dipstick as well as the electronic gauge. Like you I found the gauge difficult to use and more often than not used the small dipstick wich was not the easiest of operations.
The crunch came when the gauge told me 100% while the dipstick showed oil just above the minimum mark and I was about to tow 450 miles to Scotland.
I invested £63 in the police spec full sized dipstick which took me less than an hour to fit including clearing corroded threads.
If yours is the 5 cylinder engine and you have a technicians dipstick check just above said dipstick for a cast boss on the engine, if that boss has a M7 tapped hole then the police spec dipstick is an easy fit requiring only a 10 mm spanner.
Paul.
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You will need thin arms though as access is fiddly ....