Dipstick insertion point on 2008 M35 engine

[red baron]

This car is new. It took a bit, but I got the dipstick out to check the oil level. When I wanted to reinsert the dipstick, I couldn't find the orifice into which it has to be inserted. There is a small oval opening that seems to be in the place where the dipstick came out, but when putting it in there, it showed up outside just below. The owner's manual is of no help. The engine diagram is not clear enough to see anything useful.Can someone help me?Red Baron

[red baron]

I withdraw the question. With a more powerful flashlight I located the insertion place for the dipstick. Never in my history of owning cars has it occurred that the dipstick would have such a bent shape and come out of an obscure location. (I'm not a mechanic, as you can tell.)Red Baron

[szh]

Welcome to NICO!

Yes, it is not easy to find the dipstick insertion point, but this is not just an M35 problem, unfortunately! In many (most?) modern cars today, the oil dipstick is a flexible piece of springy metal, and the location of where to put it back in is somewhat unclear - particularly in the dark.

Even in my wife's older 1997 Acura, with lots of open space in the engine compartment, I have to look carefully when I am doing this ... when inside the garage.

Z

[telcoman]

Welcome to NICO!

Yes, it is not easy to find the dipstick insertion point, but this is not just an M35 problem, unfortunately! In many (most?) modern cars today, the oil dipstick is a flexible piece of springy metal, and the location of where to put it back in is somewhat unclear - particularly in the dark.

Even in my wife's older 1997 Acura, with lots of open space in the engine compartment, I have to look carefully when I am doing this ... when inside the garage.

Z

Same issue on my G35

Telcoman

[Slider4105]

They fixed it on the new g35's. The dipstick is smack dab in the middle of the front of the engine, really really hard to miss. All the easier to find it to check after you change your own oil with cheap oil from Pep Boys right Telcoman?

[telcoman]

They fixed it on the new g35's. The dipstick is smack dab in the middle of the front of the engine, really really hard to miss. All the easier to find it to check after you change your own oil with cheap oil from Pep Boys right Telcoman?

LOL ,but its not cheap oil. Its just cheaper than synthetic. Pennzoil, Valvoline, Quaker State, etc are all good and meet SAE standards and requirements for all new vehicles. I've read some posts of some that had over 300k miles on their vehicles but they never mentioned how often they changed their oil? The most mileage I got on a single vehicle was 246k on a 1980 VW Diesel Rabbit and that oil was changed every 3k miles. Same with my 1989 Mazda 929 with over 200k miles.

Telcoman