Idiots + cars = LOL

[argatoga]

As part of the chassis lubrication system my truck requires oil to be added between changes. Not having a dip stick and be reliant on the elections could easily be disastrous.

 

[narf]

There is no dipstick.

There is one, between the wheel and the driver's seat.

 

[FDaihatsu]

No, that's a dipshit ;3

 

[narf]

No, that's a dipshit ;3

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dipstick

 

[argatoga]

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dipstick

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dipshit

 

[narf]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dipshit

If you had read the wiktionary link you would have seen that dipstick is a euphemism for dipshit. That's my intended meaning in case you need it spelled out fully.

 

[argatoga]

My skim reading skills have deteriorated horribly.

 

[Crazyjeeper]

My skim reading skills have deteriorated horribly.

Time to get back to college?

 

[narf]

My skim reading skills have deteriorated horribly.

you're headed straight for thirty, welcome to old age :lol:

 

[argatoga]

Time to get back to college?

Yeah it's horrible. I need to fight back this brain rot. Now where did I put my Wheelock...

 

[IceBone]

It's the same sort of "clean" language as tidbit vs titbit. I say shun such language, embreace the prophane!

 

[rickhamilton620]

I've struggled (and mostly given up...I check my own car my way) to explain to my Dad that, no, dipsticks don't become less accurate with age. The convo wen't a bit like this:

Me: I'm going to add oil to my car
Him: Ok
*watches because he's coming along with me somewhere*
Him: you know, you should probably add more
Me: The level is within at the top of the range, it's fine
Him: You should really add more oil, the cars old, that reading could be inaccurate
Me: Ok fine *pretends to add more oil while he gets in the car, while thinking:*

One can guess where I didn't get my limited knowledge of car mechanicals from. :lol:

 

[narf]

The weird thing is, if the reading is inaccurate it might actually already be overfilled. Adding more in that case could be catastrophic.

 

[Blind_Io]

He's probably thinking of car instrumentation, such as oil pressure gauges, fuel gauges, etc. Those, I believe, can become less accurate over time, but not enough to really make a difference unless it fails entirely.

 

[argatoga]

Explain to him that a metal stick tends to not degrade quickly.

 

[narf]

He's probably thinking of car instrumentation, such as oil pressure gauges, fuel gauges, etc. Those, I believe, can become less accurate over time, but not enough to really make a difference unless it fails entirely.

however, when dealing with inaccurate readings, your best course of action is to aim for the middle and regularly re-check. Without knowing the direction of the inaccuracy or its jitter you risk under- or overfilling otherwise.

Explain to him that a metal stick tends to not degrade quickly.

If it rusted away at the bottom I suggest an oil change.

 

[argatoga]

however, when dealing with inaccurate readings, your best course of action is to aim for the middle and regularly re-check. Without knowing the direction of the inaccuracy or its jitter you risk under- or overfilling otherwise.




If it rusted away at the bottom I suggest an oil change.

If it is rusting away he has bigger problems.

 

[CrzRsn]

 

[narf]

If it is rusting away he has bigger problems.

Hence the oil change. Whatever is in there probably had very little oil in it.

 

[argatoga]

Having bits of rust flowing through the engine won't be cured by an oil change (and no the filter won't pick up everything).