Wow, Hurricane 6 engine has no dip stick?

[Uparms]

https://pickuptrucktalk.com/2024/06...500-hurricane-no-dipstick-concerns-addressed/


Probably not that big of a deal but the first engine I ever heard of without one. Took out tranny stick away few years ago.

Good short read!

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[AustinLonghorn]

BMW N54 I6 didn't have one, either (~2007+).

Annoying, but it's a thing manufacturers have been doing for a while now.

 

[Charles 236]

No dipstick. When you change the oil, you have to be careful to get the correct amount into the engine, because you can't check to see if you need to add or remove any. Welcome to Stellantis.

 

[TheDerb]

I think I read about this about 15 years ago in the European brands. At the time the BMW 3-series didn’t have one.

Allegedly, BMW determined that 90 something out of 100 people never touched the dipsticks in their engines, so it became an accountants decision to remove them.

 

[Lost1wing]

Laziness wins again. They blame the change on what the people want. When the sensor fails, guess who gets the repair bill? How hard is it to open the hood every now and again.

If the manufactures really cared about the customer, they would have both features. A sensor for the dipsticks and a dipstick for those would need to see the oil level.

I get that some people are just not cut out to open the hood. We used to have full service stations that would check your tire pressure, oil and water levels. I appreciate the technology, but it gets expensive to maintain. An oil leak I have had on my Duramax was the oil level sensor. It's a pan drop the replace.

 

[WILDHOBO]

https://pickuptrucktalk.com/2024/06...500-hurricane-no-dipstick-concerns-addressed/


Probably not that big of a deal but the first engine I ever heard of without one. Took out tranny stick away few years ago.

Good short read!

Our Volvo xc60 doesn’t have one either. It drives me crazy. It’s a digital dipstick accessed from the vehicle settings. I hate it.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

My Ecodiesel Ram has 384,000 miles on it, my previous Grand Cherokee had 285,000 miles on it.

I never withdrew the dipstick on either.

oil got changed every 10-11k with what was called for and I roll on.

 

[Maximus Gladius]

Just wait, imagine this… lifetime engine oil

 

[bucolic]

My Ecodiesel Ram has 384,000 miles on it, my previous Grand Cherokee had 285,000 miles on it.

I never withdrew the dipstick on either.

oil got changed every 10-11k with what was called for and I roll on.

Now that's a man's man!

You probably get your haircut at the barber shop with no mirrors

 

[WILDHOBO]

Now that's a man's man!

You probably get your haircut at the barber shop with no mirrors

People still get haircuts? Crap. I guess I’ve been doing it wrong.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Now that's a man's man!

You probably get your haircut at the barber shop with no mirrors

Real men check their dipstick riddled with anxiety and nervously await their Blackstone lab analysis every 3k.

 

[Freems]

BMW now has a machine that sucks the used oil out of their motors…they don’t want you touching anything anymore. I’m predicting strong boost in service revenues from all the OEM dipshits who thought up this really wrong marketing idea. I have taken a certain level of joy over my years “watching“ my vehicles full levels to observe consumption and use. Hard to visualize or explain why we’ve become or forced to become a throw it away mentality…hell, it dirty, just shell another +$70K for a clean one. Complete Aholes for even going there.

 

[Cspence]

My Ecodiesel Ram has 384,000 miles on it, my previous Grand Cherokee had 285,000 miles on it.

I never withdrew the dipstick on either.

oil got changed every 10-11k with what was called for and I roll on.

You may not have ever withdrew the dipstick, but I'm sure someone used it when they were changing your oil. Unless it was Jiffy Lube, where they also use an impact to install the drain bolt LOL

 

[Sandevino]

We live in a throw away society where the norm is to replace rather than repair.

Why check your oil periodically and catch an issue before it becomes a problem when you can buy a new one?

All my CAT engines have dip sticks, over 400k miles and still going strong.

 

[PBCounty]

I have a Cadillac with a Northstar in it that liked to consume oil. I relied on the sensor, AND the dipstick to be sure.....and it's a good thing I did - because one day the sensor stopped working.

No dipstick is a deal killer for me (not that I want a turbo engine anyway).

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