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Old Apr 18, 2009 | 12:12 AM
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97 ram with yellow tranny and oil dip stick.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2009 | 02:56 PM
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Both mine ('98) are yellow. One clearly says "Engine Oil" and the other "Trans Fluid".
 
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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 02:10 AM
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Went to the dealer and he had a new oil dipstick in stock, and it was identical to mine, numbers matched and the markings on the both new and old stick matched. So does anyone have any advise as to what else could be causing the oil to read high and way past the full mark on the dip stick?
 
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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 02:31 AM
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Assembly line conspiracy theory #2
Ran out of 360 dip stick tubes and substituted the much shorter 318 tubes in its place
 
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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 02:33 AM
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drain your oil pan as if you were gonna change the oil and measure how much oil comes out. Then put it back in the engine and see if your numbers match.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 11:03 PM
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my 318 reads just to the top of the safe range when full, as do all the tractors and the combine when we do oil changes, cept the tractors take 6 gallons of oil, not a typo
 
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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 95MaroonMonster
my 318 reads just to the top of the safe range when full, as do all the tractors and the combine when we do oil changes, cept the tractors take 6 gallons of oil, not a typo
Duh I wonder why?
 
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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 11:54 PM
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we don't have one, but the International 4300 takes 36 quarts in the pan, and it was built in the 60s
 
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