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Hi Ladies and Gents,
This goes out to all you 1500 owners. This may have be covered in the past and if it has, I could not find it and I have looked high and low for it so please forgive me if this has be mentioned before.
Now, why in the heck would I ask such a silly and personal question you might ask? Well sit right down and I will tell you a story. A story that has me scratching my head. A story that is bugging me and one that may interest you too.
So, I have a new to me 1500. The first time I went to change the oil in it, I dropped the dipstick on the floor. It shattered in 3 pieces like glass. Don't know why... maybe the way it hit the floor or the plastic got brittle or whatever. It's toast so I ordered one in from Honda. It was on back order for a month.
Well, GLGrezmonki from the forums here was kind enough to lend me a dipstick that he had in an old 1994 1500 motor he had just kicking around. I took it home, sat it on the bench near the broken one and went over to the bike to do something and when I came back something stuck out to me... the dipstick that was loaned to me looked shorter. I put the two side by side and sure enough, the dipstick that WAS in my bike was longer by about 1/4 inch or so.
Scratching my head, I took the loaner stick to the bike and dropped it in the hole to check the oil. Please keep in mind that I put in the exact amount of oil I needed when replacing the oil and filter. I pulled out the stick an surprise surprise... this shorter dipstick was showing me the correct level of oil on it.
So what this means is that if someone was judging the quantity of oil in the engine using the now broken dip stick, it would be reading about a liter LESS oil in it than should have been but telling the user that all was O.K. Filling the engine up to the proper level (by measuring the oil as I did) would say that it was over full. Hmmmm....
So, my new dipstick finally comes in... what size do you think it was??? It was the LONGER one. I made sure I gave the Honda shop the proper year and model. I have simply taken a file and "scratched" the proper "level" on the new dipstick.
It's a moot point though, I am tossing the engine sometime over the winter. I have the dreaded 4 gear problem. I wonder if a potential constant "low oil level" could have been an attributive factor to the demise of this transmission???
Question: How long is your dipstick?
So, you 1500 owners, can you please do me a favor (and the rest of us) and measure your dipstick. I want to see how your stick hold up against mine! hahahaha
Please choose only two answers in the poll - the length and the year.
Tim
Hi Ladies and Gents,
This goes out to all you 1500 owners. This may have be covered in the past and if it has, I could not find it and I have looked high and low for it so please forgive me if this has be mentioned before.
Now, why in the heck would I ask such a silly and personal question you might ask? Well sit right down and I will tell you a story. A story that has me scratching my head. A story that is bugging me and one that may interest you too.
So, I have a new to me 1500. The first time I went to change the oil in it, I dropped the dipstick on the floor. It shattered in 3 pieces like glass. Don't know why... maybe the way it hit the floor or the plastic got brittle or whatever. It's toast so I ordered one in from Honda. It was on back order for a month.
Well, GLGrezmonki from the forums here was kind enough to lend me a dipstick that he had in an old 1994 1500 motor he had just kicking around. I took it home, sat it on the bench near the broken one and went over to the bike to do something and when I came back something stuck out to me... the dipstick that was loaned to me looked shorter. I put the two side by side and sure enough, the dipstick that WAS in my bike was longer by about 1/4 inch or so.
Scratching my head, I took the loaner stick to the bike and dropped it in the hole to check the oil. Please keep in mind that I put in the exact amount of oil I needed when replacing the oil and filter. I pulled out the stick an surprise surprise... this shorter dipstick was showing me the correct level of oil on it.
So what this means is that if someone was judging the quantity of oil in the engine using the now broken dip stick, it would be reading about a liter LESS oil in it than should have been but telling the user that all was O.K. Filling the engine up to the proper level (by measuring the oil as I did) would say that it was over full. Hmmmm....
So, my new dipstick finally comes in... what size do you think it was??? It was the LONGER one. I made sure I gave the Honda shop the proper year and model. I have simply taken a file and "scratched" the proper "level" on the new dipstick.
It's a moot point though, I am tossing the engine sometime over the winter. I have the dreaded 4 gear problem. I wonder if a potential constant "low oil level" could have been an attributive factor to the demise of this transmission???
Question: How long is your dipstick?
So, you 1500 owners, can you please do me a favor (and the rest of us) and measure your dipstick. I want to see how your stick hold up against mine! hahahaha
Please choose only two answers in the poll - the length and the year.
Tim
