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adam
 


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^^ Yep - been that way for near 8 years of ownership Thumbs Up
  
Post #19090911st Feb 2018 9:22 am
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DG
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Hands up who checks their oil every 600 miles like you are supposed to do ...not hard is it people ? Confused Whistle
  
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G_Cam
 


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Scotland 2013 Discovery 3 3.0 TDV6 Commercial XS Auto Fuji WhiteDiscovery 3

Im Amazed that no company has come up with a retro fit dipstick..of some sort??
 1 TR6 Rusting away quietly
1 FARR UTV SOLD
1 International Harvester SOLD
7 x D3 all SOLD
2 x D4 both SOLD
1 x Mrs D4 'Panther' SOLD
1 x Outlander van SOLD
1 continual stream of car parts and me living in the garage... 
 
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Gareth
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Mine works from cold. It becomes a pita when you've run the engine, and have to wait for it to decide its ready to give you a level.

I completely agree that its an unfortunate situation that more thought was not given to the process, a startup indication would be ideal, and yes it would also be ideal if it warned you before it blew itself to pieces!

However, I also agree that my wife would never check the oil until it shouted at her. If it had a dipstick, it would never get checked.
 

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Post #19091221st Feb 2018 10:31 am
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DSL
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Just checked mine from cold and all ticketyboo. just going to finish my coffee then go out and check my tyre pressures. Gotta be a scout badge for all that lot in one day? Laughing Laughing
   
Post #19091231st Feb 2018 10:34 am
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M3DPO
 


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England 2014 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Lux Auto Corris GreyDiscovery 4

With tyre pressure monitoring(TPM) it done automatically on start up, tells you what pressures are set at and a warning with a picture if one or more tyres are low and which ones, for oil which is vital nothing- I rest my case Laughing
 It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't. 
 
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DSL
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No fancy TPMS on mine, just me, the tyre pressure gauge and my trusty Honda compressor. Thumbs Up
   
Post #19091871st Feb 2018 1:51 pm
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mallo
 


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G_Cam wrote:
Im Amazed that no company has come up with a retro fit dipstick..of some sort??


I was going to ask could one not be fitted?????
  
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Gareth
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Where would you drill the hole?
  
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DSL
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Isn't the tube already there for syphoning out the oil?
   
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Gareth
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I'm not sure if its suitable for a dipstick?
  
Post #19092241st Feb 2018 2:48 pm
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M3DPO
 


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There is a tube there, that’s the one that is leaking on mine but I doubt you could get anything down it as according to the drawing it has some very sharp bends in it, I will investigate further.
 It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't. 
 
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DSL
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It's not something I'd want to risk, these lumps are temperamental enough as is, they're not going to like being poked with a stick. Confused
   
Post #19092261st Feb 2018 2:51 pm
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Grianaig
 


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Rolling with laughter That sounds like me and SWMBO with the stick.
 2014 MY Discovery XS Indus Silver. Sadly gone. Second last LR of forty eight years continuous ownership.  
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DSL
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Not sure I'd survive poking SWMBO with a stick. Shocked Shocked

Laughing
   
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