Have any of you had problems with melting your dip stick since its rubber mount is essential wright between runner 1 and 2?

 

i have a drag manifold and i notice that my dipstick gets VERY hot when i go to check the oil.. it has melted a little bit but still works fine..

 

Mine is fine

 

mine was too never had any issues just a little hotter trying to check it the oil nothing major

 

yeah, just grab some gloves to check the oil

 

Maybe you should get a ricey billet dipstick from STR or something. I guess it wouldn't actually be ricey because it would serve a purpose in your application.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DA9-T &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Maybe you should get a ricey billet dipstick from STR or something. I guess it wouldn't actually be ricey because it would serve a purpose in your application. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Trust me, it wouldnt be ricey for my application. Here is what my dip stick looked like before I got another OEM one:




I was actually considering getting the STR one since its design looks like the only thing that could melt on it is the O-ring that goes inside the dip stick tube, just didnt want to spend the 35 bucks on it, or whatever it cost at the time.

 

oh damn thats pretty bad. maybe your egt's are up there. thats way too hot. i never melted my dip stick. ive actually never seen the dip stick melt like that

 

wow man.. thats some extra crispy dipstick'

mine was right up against my turbo manifold and it never melted...

 

i melted my dipstick also. now i have the str and it just gets pretty hot. it is definately worth it with the inline pro manifold.

 

wow.. mine never got that hot at all.. like someone else said, check your EGT

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boostedej1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">oh damn thats pretty bad. maybe your egt's are up there. thats way too hot. i never melted my dip stick. ive actually never seen the dip stick melt like that</TD></TR></TABLE>
But what could cause my EGT's to be up there. The time that I had my mani get cherry hot was my stupid *** fault because I didnt sync my EMS with the cars timing so the ems was changing timing but it was way retarted.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by integra-modder &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Trust me, it wouldnt be ricey for my application. Here is what my dip stick looked like before I got another OEM one:




I was actually considering getting the STR one since its design looks like the only thing that could melt on it is the O-ring that goes inside the dip stick tube, just didnt want to spend the 35 bucks on it, or whatever it cost at the time.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Dude wtf? Was there a duck on your dipstick or something? Is that the crane of spoon? Hehe

 

I bent mine towards the block so it would not touch the mani.

 

I was thinking of getting some heat wrap and wrapping it around the tube, but then again, at that close proximity, it might be absolutely useless.

 

how much boost, and what kind of EGT's are you seing?
I've got an old oem stick right where it belongs between 2/3 and its fine, never had any problems with it. In your first post ou said runners 1/2?

 

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Dude wtf? Was there a duck on your dipstick or something? Is that the crane of spoon? Hehe</TD></TR></TABLE>

LOL...i never new there was so much (plastic/rubber?) to melt on the stick

 

 

mine is cracked.. your wastegate is doing it.. install an elbow and you might have it cracked at worst as i do.. my main problems is snapping bolts every once in a while.

 

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your manifold is cracked?

 

dipstick rubber.. i don't think you'll hear of anyone cracking such manifold, unless it was defective or something..

 

It wont crack.

 

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Is it just me or does it appear that the dipstick is wrapped in aluminum foil????

 

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Is it just me or does it appear that the dipstick is wrapped in aluminum foil???? </TD></TR></TABLE>

haha....just a heads up....dont grab that thing thinking its as cold as stock... turbo = a hell of a lot of heat


why the anti-tein avatar?

 

I have a couple of friends that using inline pro mani, and had no problem.

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