daymoon
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I recently changed oil and dont really Know howmuch i have put in as i have a big 25l can of oil...
anyway since then top end knocks for about 2 seconds when you start the car.. but it only does it when i don't start it for a day...
i am not sure if i put not enough oil or too much?
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wozza51
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did u not check the dipstick?????
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daymoon
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well i did but i don't seem to be getting a proper reading from it.. the whole dipstick is covered in oil, not just the plastic bit on the bottom.. that how it was all the time...
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am4nf
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if you wipe the dipstick and then stick it back in, pull it out and then check it, if its still all covered....... youve got far too much in
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daymoon
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LOL i know how to check oil level.. but the thing is even when i bought the car the dipstick was all covered in oil, i did an oil change month after i got the car, all was fine..
its only started doing this after the last oil change..
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wozza51
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are sure you know how to check oil because it seems u have fooked up dipsticks can be cleaned and even if it is dirty when u wipe it it will be dry so the oil level wiil be the WET bit after u have re dipped the dipstick
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am4nf
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exactly my point, does it cover the whole dipstick when you wipe it and re-dip it?
if this is the case i would recomend going to a scrapies and taking a dipstick from another 1.0L 12V and seeing if that solves the problem, as it could have been replaced with the wrong one
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am4nf
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at my work i see people all the time just taking the dipstick out looking at it and then firing it back in, without wiping it
this doesnt give an accurate reading
[Edited on 03-05-2009 by am4nf]
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alan-g-w
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I used to have the same problem he's talking about with a mk3 astra - every time I put the dipstick near the dipstick pipe it ended up covered in oil. I ended up just wrapping a thin rag around the dipstick and giving it a wee clean out.
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am4nf
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some muppet tryed to fill it through the dipstick? 
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wozza51
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loool
all dipsitcks the same iirc
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wozza51
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i blame the dipstick cleanin the dipstick 
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am4nf
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quote:
Originally posted by wozza51
loool
all dipsitcks the same iirc
evidently not 
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