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Offline bozo4onion

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Thinkin' with my dipstick Jimmy
« on: August 13, 2009, 06:12:10 am »
Is it a stupid question to ask how to check my (550F) oil? Do you screw the dipstick in to check it or unscrew it and dip it in and out w/o screwing it in. My Clymer doesn't specify. 
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Re: Thinkin' with my dipstick Jimmy
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2009, 06:40:24 am »
CB550, CB350 twins check oil level with the dipstick not screwed in.
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Re: Thinkin' with my dipstick Jimmy
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2009, 09:45:03 am »
Same thing with my HONDA mower too.
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Re: Thinkin' with my dipstick Jimmy
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2009, 10:04:06 am »
Friends don't let friends buy Honda mowers ;D. My John Deere is the same too. Thanks for the replies. I think I even looked in the owners manual with no help. I usually just filled it to spec. capacity but this was my first filter change for the mighty 550.
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Re: Thinkin' with my dipstick Jimmy
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2009, 01:33:51 pm »
Never screw your stick.
You might need it someday.

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Re: Thinkin' with my dipstick Jimmy
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2009, 01:45:16 pm »
The Honda 550 Owner's Manual says NOT to screw in the dipstick when checking the oil.
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Re: Thinkin' with my dipstick Jimmy
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2009, 07:40:53 pm »
I think it's a historic Honda fact that you always want to check the oil level with the dipstick unscrewed from the engine case on a wet sump engine.

What Honda bikes break the pattern?  sohc 750's are not wet sump engines, so there's one I suppose.
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Re: Thinkin' with my dipstick Jimmy
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2009, 02:53:43 am »
But the still have a dipstick and you dont screw it in
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Re: Thinkin' with my dipstick Jimmy
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2009, 05:37:48 am »
Damn!  I read the subject line for this thread and started to get hungry for popcorn!  I thought for sure this would be an oil thread, starting with a Casteroil question!
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Re: Thinkin' with my dipstick Jimmy
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2009, 06:00:18 am »
I always use Castrol 10W 40 but never with pods. Now you can get your popcorn Jimmy.
Thanks again guys.
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Re: Thinkin' with my dipstick Jimmy
« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2009, 08:47:20 am »
You're a fool. Castrol suxors the balls and you should be banned for thinking it.

That a good start for your popcorn?

Quote from: bozo4onion on August 14, 2009, 06:00:18 am
I always use Castrol 10W 40 but never with pods. Now you can get your popcorn Jimmy.
Thanks again guys.
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Re: Thinkin' with my dipstick Jimmy
« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2009, 09:01:38 am »
SYNTHETIC!!!!!!  ;D
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Re: Thinkin' with my dipstick Jimmy
« Reply #12 on: August 14, 2009, 09:26:21 am »
Everyone knows natural tastes better.
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Re: Thinkin' with my dipstick Jimmy
« Reply #13 on: August 14, 2009, 09:35:57 am »
But if you're using half synthetic and half dino oil, do you screw the dipstick only half way in to check?
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Re: Thinkin' with my dipstick Jimmy
« Reply #14 on: August 14, 2009, 09:44:06 am »
This is getting pretty funny. I'm getting my popcorn too. Wet clutch and synthetic????
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Re: Thinkin' with my dipstick Jimmy
« Reply #15 on: August 14, 2009, 09:47:01 am »
As long as it's ASF or MI or MO or whatever..... use it. Synthetic or not.

Theres some letters that are supposed to be there, I just cannot remember which.  :D


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