what's up with the dip stick on these cars. every tmie i check the oil it takes
8 or 9 tries to get it back in place,real pain. other than that these cars are a blast to drive and i traded a vette in on mine a 04 roadster.

 

you get used to it.

 

i did it once and i dont trust it anymore. i dont trust it gives me an accurate reading because it makes so many bends and smeers the oil around

 

Agreed. The dipstick placement on my '04 ZR is just plain stupid. Once I got it jammed against the engine wall and spent 20 minutes trying to gently remove it. Prolly my fault for being careless w/ a part I knew was difficult, but still a major pain in the ***. I think later models have the dipstick relocated.

 

yep, worst dip stick dip **** on any car I've seen. The '07s solved the problem in a huge way. All I can say is that with practice it gets easier, but you still need light if in a garage.

 

You have to pull, read, wipe, insert, pull, reread, rewipe, and

 

Condition corrected on the '07 models.

 

Give the oil in the tube time to drain back down for 20 mins or so after the first wipe...helps a bit.

 

07+FTW

 

yeah particularly if you've got an 06

My first car had an equally bad dipstick...after driving it for a year, i remember checking the oil on another random car and thinking "Oh my god! I never knew checking oil could be so easy!" Honestly ease of dipstick use was one thing I was really looking forward to when I sold that car. Then i went and got a Z and screwed that whole plan up.

 

took em' long enough.

I was at a gas station and decided to check my oil one day. I couldn't get the damn thing back in and I had guys coming up to me asking if they could help

 

They just wanted your rims.

 

no, I'm sure it was the chance to make fun of a girl that drives a Z and can't get the dipstick back in

 

never had much issues getting it back in but trying to read it is a major p.i.t.a

 

LOL.... this was the first thread i wrote after i wrote "JUST GOT MY NEW Z" ... but yeh... i never change my oil anyway... leave it up to da workers biatchhh

 

I don't know if this works for everybody, but when I put the dip stick back in.. it gets stuck about half way in.. when this happens I twist the dipstick a little as if it's a screwdriver, then it goes it in smoothly. Try that next time..

 

Well obviously u boyz arnt too good at finding the hole

 

gotta love the weird dip stick..

 

Yea, they really could of helped us out on that one. It is a really dumb dipstick!