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Old 11-29-2008, 05:15 PM   #1
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Ok this may sound weird but I think my 88 7mgte has the wrong dipstick I just changed the oil and I put 4.4 quarts in it (that is the right capacity right?) And I see nothing on the dipstick. It may be because the dipstick is a brass color but there is oil on there just not a lot pn it when I wipe it off. just wondering if I had the oil capacity right before I bought a new dipstick
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Old 11-29-2008, 08:13 PM   #2
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Witch style dip stick do you have? The flat kind with a hatched area that symbolizes the safe zone, or the "cable" one that has a thick tip to it, that is hatched?
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I have the cable one. Idk which one goes to my model. But I know that there's not a lot of oil on it and I can't see the lvl at all with new oil in it. It does take 4.5 quarts rite
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I usually put about 5 quarts in my NA, so a GTE will take a little more. The oil level is hard to see on the cable type, when you pull the dip stick out, lay it on a paper towel. That way you can see how far up the oil level is.

Hope this helps, good luck.
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Well I wonder why the chiltons manual says 4.5 quarts then. And u say u put 5 quarts in ur n/a so I wonder wat is the actual oil capacity for the 7mgte. In that case I need to add more oil
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Yea, I purchased a Chilton's, it was ok, but nothing compares to the TSRM.
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Ok so ill check the trsm and see what it says I wonder if there is a way to coat the dipstick end with some color that oil will show up on but not peel off and go thru my engine
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ok tsrm says that a dry fill should be 5.4 quarts and a drain and refill with filter is 4.7 quarts so im thinkin put five quarts even and i will be fine and im thinkin about white fingernail polish to coat the dipstick end so i can read the level easier. once it dries it shouldnt come off.
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I don't know about that, I would do a test to see if the oil has any ill effects upon it, and a test to see if it can hold up to high temps of oil on it.

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