Dip Stick Question - Is it just me, or???

Divenut said

Hey Folks,

Question for the FABO crew. When reading my 727's dip stick, one side reads filled and the shows way overfilled. been like this since I bought the car. I am confident it is not overfilled as it took 8 qts to bring the one side to the fill level when hot.

Just curious if this is common with out Torqueflites or is my car just weird?!

Thanks!
Pat

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Usually what happens is the stick touches the side of the tube when checking and gets fluid on it giving a false reading.
Sometimes a slightly different bend on the tip of the stick can be of help, and is actually why I put a 90 degree twist right at the end of the stick.
This makes the edge of the stick hit the tube sides instead of the flat of it.
Also, if it were me I would go by the low reading because that is the one which is more likely.