2 dipsticks?
21 September 2003, 12:26 PM
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Just checking all the levels under the bonnet of my sexy new scoob type R and noticed there is a dipstick, a funny shaped bugger, under the intercooler...what's that for?
Checked it anyway and it's a mm under full level, so that seems ok.
any ideas?
Matt
Checked it anyway and it's a mm under full level, so that seems ok.
any ideas?
Matt
22 September 2003, 10:55 AM
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In a moment of sheer genius, Subaru saw fit that you should
top it up through the dipstick hole
'Using a funnel and a legth of flexible hose' IIRC.
[Edited by GrahameS - 9/22/2003 10:55:56 AM]
top it up through the dipstick hole
'Using a funnel and a legth of flexible hose' IIRC.
[Edited by GrahameS - 9/22/2003 10:55:56 AM]
22 September 2003, 10:59 AM
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its a damn site easier to top up than any other gearbox i have come accross in 20 years of driving. Most cars you have to crawl under the car and remove a filler plug then squeeze a bottle until it dribbles out the fill plug. Most cars dont have a gearbox dipstic either.
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22 September 2003, 11:22 AM
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Not claiming to be a genius !!!!
First thought....Why didn't they just make the steel tube
and dipstick longer so that it was higher up and easy to get
to just by use of a funnel....
I was just expressing an opinion...chill out!
First thought....Why didn't they just make the steel tube
and dipstick longer so that it was higher up and easy to get
to just by use of a funnel....
I was just expressing an opinion...chill out!
22 September 2003, 11:29 AM
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it will be that size, length for production line instalation reasons. Considering you only need to fill these at a major service unless you have a bad leak which should be repaired, having a dipstick that is easy to use when you consider how tightly packed an Impreza engine bay is, is a pretty good feat IMHO. 
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