Near enough! Actually it's "A fool and his money are soon parted."

(Now I know why I'm always broke...........................!)

Taking note!

As an aside, does anyone else find the dipstick awkward to read on the Octy?

Never had any trouble on any other car but on this, other than the fact it has some oil on it it's hard to see how much.

Well at least it was getting to the right place!

Not really. I think most of it ended up on his drive

As an aside, does anyone else find the dipstick awkward to read on the Octy?

Never had any trouble on any other car but on this, other than the fact it has some oil on it it's hard to see how much.

Yes......they seem to have made the end of the dipstick the exact same colour as sump oil!.....so you have to move the dipstick about until the light glints off the oil to see the level.

On previous cars I've had the end of the dip stick has been bright orange......so you can really easily see the level.

Yes......they seem to have made the end of the dipstick the exact same colour as sump oil!.....so you have to move the dipstick about until the light glints off the oil to see the level.

On previous cars I've had the end of the dip stick has been bright orange......so you can really easily see the level.

I haven't tried this, but I imagine that if you lightly sanded off the (dark) etched face of the end of the dipstick, it would become shiny metallic steel colour?

Would that help I wonder?

As it is, I find it fairly easy to read by virtue of the sort of raised liquid "bump" that the oil makes where it is on the dipstick face.

Just as a point of interest: the trade name "Castrol" was adopted in 1909 by the Wakefield Oil Company when they used Castor Oil as an additive to regulate viscosity of mineral motor oil. For many years oils were marketed as Wakefield Castrol Motor Oil, but eventually the Wakefield name was dropped.

I haven't tried this, but I imagine that if you lightly sanded off the (dark) etched face of the end of the dipstick, it would become shiny metallic steel colour?

Would that help I wonder?

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Could be a good idea.

My wife's Yaris has a plastic dipstick in which the end section is somewhat "square-patterned" thus retaining oil in a clearer way.

Jeez. Right up there with the guy doing port polishing with a bag of sand into the air intake.

Could be a good idea.

My wife's Yaris has a plastic dipstick in which the end section is somewhat "square-patterned" thus retaining oil in a clearer way.

My Nissans got a hole in the front where it shouldn't have & the mess in the engine bay definitely proved it had oil in it before the hole appeared

Tell us more, Stuart. :(

Tell us more, Stuart. :(

The Engines out next week to be stripped so unsure of whats left.

I was simply cruising along just into 3 figures, car runs 500 bhp so little stress when it just lost power, no bang or anything but lifting the bonnet all the front belts had gone & the central pulley had ripped its centre out, there's a nice little hole in the front case near the pulley where the oil pump sits & you can see the timing chain, there's a view that may not be sitting quite as it should. Guess is something in the engine went tight & the pulley sheared as a result & not the other way round which would obviously have cost a lot less. Engines all strengthened to take the power so will probably be a complete rebuild. Thankfully the feeling is the basic block etc are OK as there was no big bang. I can hear the bank balance crying already

If you go to post 14 on here http://forums.nissansportz.com/topic/32454-350-zed-twin-turbo-whats-it-worth/ & click the links there are a few piccies

Edited 6 June, 201313 yr by Stuart_J

(I) An officer cadet signed out a Sherpa Mini bus being the designated driver for that day.

Very soon REME got a message that he was broke down and would require a backload.

MT bod spitting blood that OF BLOODY COURSE he had instructed Officer Cadet to check engine oil/make sure there was plenty of oil in the engine.

Officer Cadet indignant that his word was doubted.

He wasnt STUPID.

Of course HE HAD BLOODY FILLED it with oil.

Yes you guessed, right to the rocker cover

Could be a good idea.

My wife's Yaris has a plastic dipstick in which the end section is somewhat "square-patterned" thus retaining oil in a clearer way.

Update: I checked my oil today for the first time (remember I've just bought my car serviced) and... surprise! She has a wonderful, plastic dipstick with a patterned checking area like that of my wife's Yaris or even better. I found it really easily readable (and if I find it readable...)

Probably each engine has a different dipstick size but if some of you have a "plain" one and want to shift to a very readable one, you can check its size.

Mine (remember it's from a 1.6TDI) is 525mm long (from collar to tip) and the patterned "checking area" is starting 10mm up from the tip up to 30mm (i.e. it's 20mm long).

Jerk. Suppose he's been watching a re-run of Fifth Gear's Merc 190D that "allegedly" ran on the stuff for a year or so without issue or fry up.

I can confirm this. My 190D ran fine for years, the previous owner ran it for nearly five years, and I added another year onto it before I replaced the engine for a turbocharged petrol. It was the smaller diesel 2.0 90 bhp, I think.

It has since then been converted back to a diesel with its original engine and is, to this day, still in service. It had some issues when switching back to normal diesel. It felt very powerless. But a tank of high performance diesel and two hours on the motorway fixed right up. I think the current owner is the only 70+ year old who drives on coilies.

The Engines out next week to be stripped so unsure of whats left.

I was simply cruising along just into 3 figures, car runs 500 bhp so little stress when it just lost power, no bang or anything but lifting the bonnet all the front belts had gone & the central pulley had ripped its centre out, there's a nice little hole in the front case near the pulley where the oil pump sits & you can see the timing chain, there's a view that may not be sitting quite as it should. Guess is something in the engine went tight & the pulley sheared as a result & not the other way round which would obviously have cost a lot less. Engines all strengthened to take the power so will probably be a complete rebuild. Thankfully the feeling is the basic block etc are OK as there was no big bang. I can hear the bank balance crying already

If you go to post 14 on here http://forums.nissan...whats-it-worth/ & click the links there are a few piccies

Update, crank snapped & block distorted but pistons & rods visually fine ruling out a bent rod or partial seizure. Best guess is the pulley which weighs over 3 kilos or something associated with it started to fail & threw the crank out of balance snapping it & the resulting beak stressed the bearings & distorted the front of the block. Whatever it was its going to be a complete rebuild from a s.hand lump. Bank balance now gone past the crying stage. At least the block will make a decent coffee table

Edited 24 June, 201312 yr by Stuart_J

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Edited 24 June, 201312 yr by Stuart_J

Are they still trying to claim its your fault or have they accepted their idiot award?