Sourcing a new dipstick

say what?

 

It's a fun way of saying "I ran out of oil"

@booke02 do you reckon it's a leak or a burn?

 

Somebody had that issue after an oil change when the dealer (?) did not tighten the drain plug properly.

 

Hmm...if you drove the car with the "shrunken" dipstick, you'll need a new engine. The dipstick will be included at no charge!

 

You have a "dipstick".
It's right there under your hat.

 

If you drove the car with no oil, you are the dipstick

 

Now that's funny, right there. Just say it and run. Then peek around the corner to see who believed it.

Thing is, that some people are dumb enough to do something like that, so it leaves everyone wondering. Hmmm. Was he serious?

 

For sure. People are supposed to be quarantined but the New York subway is still packed??

 

Install a shorter oil pan, duh.

 

Ooh look at mister fancy with the shortie oil pan. Can't just half fill the sump with water to float the oil higher like the rest of us.

 

OK, so I won't mention that it's carbon fiber with the optional titanium bolts package; $1900 plus shipping (it's quite light tho' so I saved a lot on shipping charges.....)

 

Look at the positives....get to lower the car even more, less scraping with the shorty oil pan install

 

That's what the little hole in the end of the dipstick is for. Just poke a wire through it, hang a barbell weight from the wire, and hang the dipstick by the top loop on a peg until it stretches back out.

 

Sand would work, too. Maybe less rust that way.

 

Okay, we've had our fun. Now I'd like to know what the circumstances were with the OP's 2016 Prius.

 

But won't the sand fill in the grain of the custom cross-hatch file marks on the dipstick? Plus you'd need the matching grain of oil; not the best solution if you live/drive in places with limited selection in these uncertain times.

 

They tried that with Cash for Clunkers, remember?

 

Nope! After Googling it, I find that I was living in Honduras. I guess I saw it on the news, but didn't pay much attention. Most of the cars around me were clunkers. Mine was pretty solid, but it was over 20 years old.

 

Actually they used sodium silicate to kill those driveable traded in cars, seizing up the engines.

Cash For Clunkers Cars Killed Using Sodium Silicate - Business Insider