Missing dipstick hole!

Johno100

reddwarf2002 wrote: »

Surely it would have been easier/quicker to give BMW a call and ask them whether the car should have a dipstick? It would remove any doubt...

Or even, heaven forbid, have a look in the user manual that came with the car.

Rain_Shadow

pappa_golf wrote: »

they have 710 caps on ebay as well

they are only bought by dipsticks

agrinnall

Thanks for all the replies. As I said right at the start I don't know what engine it is and I'm unlikely to find out. I've only seen the car briefly once, I'm reasonably sure it's a 3 series, and it's a few years old (maybe early 00's), and it's a coupe, but beyond that I know nothing. I have to assume that there was a dipstick before, but I have no idea whether there is a manual or why my friend doesn't at least have some idea where in the engine the hole would be.

PS, No, I'm not DM, although I did once own a Yaris!

motorguy

Stevie_Palimo wrote: »

motorguy wrote: »

I think where your logic fails here is if they deemed the dipstick to be "missing" by virtue of a hole with no dipstick in it, then why are they unable to now find the whole? :eek:

Short term memory problems perhaps?

No short term memory problems at all just get fed up with all of you guys who post on the motoring section of this forum that believe they always know each and every answer and then attempt to belittle anybody else. Your a wee clich! of individual trolls with little else in your lives.

And what does it say in your signature line? " I refuse to censor myself because it may offend someone. If you don't like me that's ok, I don't need your approval. "

Yet when you deem others to be doing that you feign offence and throw a hissy fit

Irony??

almillar

I've only seen the car briefly once, I'm reasonably sure it's a 3 series, and it's a few years old (maybe early 00's), and it's a coupe, but beyond that I know nothing

Impossible to help then. I've had 2 petrol 3 series coupes, and they both had dipsticks.

I have to assume that there was a dipstick before

As are some posters here, which has caused a big argument over nothing. The E90 3 series - 2006(?) onwards, may not have a dipstick, but before that any 3 should.

Silver-Surfer_2

Stevie_Palimo wrote: »

motorguy wrote: »

I think where your logic fails here is if they deemed the dipstick to be "missing" by virtue of a hole with no dipstick in it, then why are they unable to now find the whole? :eek:

Short term memory problems perhaps?[/

No short term memory problems at all just get fed up with all of you guys who post on the motoring section of this forum that believe they always know each and every answer and then attempt to belittle anybody else. Your a wee clich! of individual trolls with little else in your lives.

Why do you post on here then?

Silver-Surfer_2

Stevie_Palimo wrote: »

Hardly irony Paul more like you being the argumentative troll that you usually are on here, Enjoy your day now.

You finished arguing now?

UglyJoe

I think we can all see the dipsticks here :cool:

cajef

Stevie_Palimo wrote: »

The clue maybe that she found the dipstick missing. !!!

If she can't find a hole where the dipstick goes how did she know it was missing?

motorguy

cajef wrote: »

If she can't find a hole where the dipstick goes how did she know it was missing?

Indeed.

And if she did find a hole with no dipstick, how come she cant find the hole now?