dip stick alternative

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Originally Posted by aureliusmax

That's good for you. However my oil is quite new (2000 KM) and it's the most difficult to read dipstick I have ever encountered in my life. And I'm a heavy equipment mechanic, I read oil dip sticks every day.
Roughing the surface with sand paper seems like a good idea to try, as per andrewwynn .

Joking aside ('cause I was trying to be funny - fail!) the M57 dipstick appears to be a little different...



It's easy to read. If the lower groove contains oil and the upper one doesn't - you're good. If they both have oil - too high, if neither has oil, too low.

It's not an absolute reading - it's either Go or No Go.

While you cannot (easily) see the absolute oil level in the image above, it doesn't matter; it's good to go, as the top groove is clean and the bottom one has oil.