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What a dispstick !

dak · 2008-06-24 12:56:11

Checked the oil in my Omega last night but think I didn't push the dipstick fullyhome ! Drove 7 miles to work and had a small amount of evapourating oil smoking from the engine cylinder block . Oil splatter seemed to be in the area of the dipstick and probably looked worst than it actually was! I was just woried in case it…

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24-06-2008 1:56pm

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dak

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Checked the oil in my Omega last night but think I didn't push the dipstick fullyhome ! Drove 7 miles to work and had a small amount of evapourating oil smoking from the engine cylinder block . Oil splatter seemed to be in the area of the dipstick and probably looked worst than it actually was! I was just woried in case it caught fire.

Hardly likely to be anything more serious ?

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#2 24-06-2008 2:07pm
biko

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Nope just clean oil off.

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#3 24-06-2008 2:11pm
rebel.ranter

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Don't forget to check oil levels too!!!!

You never know how much spattered out.:p

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