New Cars Don't All Come With Dipsticks Anymore, Here's Why - Jalopnik
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If you've gone under the hood of a lot of late-model cars, you may have noticed something missing: the dipstick. Why do so many new cars lack them?
  • @Zak@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23•8 days ago

    I don’t like it because:

    • I want to look at the oil and smell it, not just check the level.
    • I don’t know the failure modes for the sensor, so I can’t trust that the absence of a complaint from it means the oil level is correct.
    • IninewCrowEnglish
      11•8 days ago

      Exactly

      Right now there is no better detection system than in

      • Seeing the oil level
      • seeing the oil color
      • smelling the oil content
      • feeling the oil viscosity and any contamination