Yes....Me, I am a stupid dipstick......and so is the one in my Massey........
I almost lost the engine in the MF10 this morning.........Checked the oil and there was barely a bit of black oil on the stick....real low. Seems this dipstick over 40 years (its a 1970) has developed a blackish stain on the dipstick where the oil sat, so when I checked the oil since spring when I changed it, I was thinking that stain was the oil level........I guess it burns a bit, no smoke, but I guess it does.....This morning when I checked it I noticed the blacker oil just on the end of the dipstick........Went to drain it and hardly any came out.....Put new oil in and took a piece of emery cloth to the dipstick and cleaned the stain off.....I will be checking the oil every tank of gas from now on......
I almost lost the engine in the MF10 this morning.........Checked the oil and there was barely a bit of black oil on the stick....real low. Seems this dipstick over 40 years (its a 1970) has developed a blackish stain on the dipstick where the oil sat, so when I checked the oil since spring when I changed it, I was thinking that stain was the oil level........I guess it burns a bit, no smoke, but I guess it does.....This morning when I checked it I noticed the blacker oil just on the end of the dipstick........Went to drain it and hardly any came out.....Put new oil in and took a piece of emery cloth to the dipstick and cleaned the stain off.....I will be checking the oil every tank of gas from now on......