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Comment on New Cars Don't All Come With Dipsticks Anymore, Here's Why

Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Back when I worked at a BMW store we had to, after changing the oil, start up the vehicle and get it up to temperature before it would give us a reading. Several times the vehicle caught on fire for some reason during this process. So fucking stupid.

The real reason is that owners would not reseat the dipstick properly, which would cause a vacuum leak and a lean fuel mixture that would trigger the CEL.

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lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The real reason is that owners would not reseat the dipstick properly, which would cause a vacuum leak and a lean fuel mixture that would trigger the CEL.

That is absolutely piss-poor design. But definitely a BMW thing to do.

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- m4ylame0wecm@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  Vendor tech does maintenance and fails to check critical component of system blames customer
  
  Good tech.
  
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- rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I mean, easily catching fire is a thing since German tanks in WWII, so yes.
  
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