Lets talk dipsticks

[chuckyl]

Evolution, sign chuckyl up for silver

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[Evolution]

List updated with interested people.

 

[Hexel]

I’m interested in the black version. Keep up the great work

 

[Sereph102889]

The sensor is more than capable of giving you an exact reading. Just connect any OBD bluetooth dongle and read the level in millimeters.

- 100% (6.6 liters) = 97mm
- 100% (iDrive max) = 97-85mm
- 75% = 84mm
- 50% = 82mm
- 25% = 81mm
- 0% (iDrive min) = 78mm (add 1 quart)

-RJM

With the Bluetooth dongle attached to the OBD port, where do you then find the exact % readout?

 

[Evolution]

Ladies and gents, we have a functioning dipstick. This will be called version 1. I need to make a minor change so that you can put the plastic cover back on but I think I already have that figured out. Just got to buy another fitting to verify.

 

[a90 Paven]

Sign me up for a black one, also from what I can see you are running a threaded flex hose to the drain plug. The hose being a fixed length and in fixed position I could see this being very accurate . You would be displacing almost 100ml, which should be considered.

A huge selling point for me and many others would be the ability to drain the oil through the dipstick like on Mercedes and Audis. Id love for someone to actually test this out, and see if any oil remains or if this would even be possible.

@Evolution , Im happy to be an early adopter, and help you in anyway possible. I got a vacuum pump as-well so we could find out if its effective in an oil change setting.

 

[puzzled]

So now you can suction out old oil using an extractor from the top.. pretty cool.

 

[chuckyl]

Ladies and gents, we have a functioning dipstick. This will be called version 1. I need to make a minor change so that you can put the plastic cover back on but I think I already have that figured out. Just got to buy another fitting to verify.

Update please

 

[Evolution]

No update from the last post. I actually pulled everything back off and have it sitting on the work bench. Need to find one of these dipsticks with a longer indicator. The one I used was about an inch too short. It would only read up the stick about 1/4". I think I found a longer one but havent ordered it to find out. My house remodel has been taking all my free time lately.

 

[underdonk]

No update from the last post. I actually pulled everything back off and have it sitting on the work bench. Need to find one of these dipsticks with a longer indicator. The one I used was about an inch too short. It would only read up the stick about 1/4". I think I found a longer one but havent ordered it to find out. My house remodel has been taking all my free time lately.

Thank you for your efforts on this.

 

[Antiq8ted_Ex0]

Count me in on this as well.

 

[Kamber]

Count me in for one in black; happy to place a deposit.

 

[Supraluv]

I would be interested in one also.

 

[Tsuki8]

I am also interested!
In for a black.

 

[Evolution]

You guys are going to make me finalize a batch of these aren't you???

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