onespiritbrain Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 One of my pet peeves with my QX4 has been the engine oil dipstick. I can’t figure out for the life of me where the damn level is half the time and it just shouldn’t be like that. Today I went to the junkyard and checked a ton of dipsticks until I finally found a match! It’s a quarter inch longer but doesn’t cause any issue. I did have to sand down the plastic portion that enters the tube leading down to the engine. I am what looks like about 1.5 quarts past full... When I hear the lifters clacking I usually check the oil right away and since I couldn’t see the friggin oil level I added oil for no reason, twice. I had to add a quart or so every 5000 miles before I did the head gaskets so that’s why I thought I needed more oil. I’m quite glad to be rid of that dipstick. Edit: haha I guess it’d be kind of me to include the vehicle it came from! It was a 1999 Isuzu Rodeo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
03TroutFinder Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 They have a u pull it around here?!?!?Guess I haven't looked too hard, but they few that I have been to haven't allowed unsupervised access.I love the junkyard. Never know what you'll find out there. Used to be a regular weekend trip for me back in the day.Sent from my SM-J327P using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onespiritbrain Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 Norcross is the closest I’ve been able to find any that are unsupervised.Pull-A-Part North4416 Buford HwyNorcross, GA 30071United StatesU Wrench It4600 Buford HwyNorcross, GA 30071These are right next to each other. I was literally just telling my wife that I feel like I’ve been at the adult playground today haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
03TroutFinder Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Gotcha. Has been years since I have been down that way. When I was living in Lilburn and had my toyota, I went to one of them to get a few trim pieces only to find the frame and inner body shell of every truck they showed in stock! Looked like an animal carcass after the buzzards and coyote had their fill, lol.Never went back.I'll have to make a trip down there to see what they have, once it cools down!Sent from my SM-J327P using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onespiritbrain Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 They usually have 5-10 pathfinders/QX4s at each location and they’re usually pretty torn into by the time I get down there but I have seen several that were pristine. I’ve only come across 1 dizzy though.. I think some of the Nissan Quest engines have the same dizzy though and those are never torn into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltaR50 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 i think you forgot to add what year make and model of the car/truck that new dipstick you got came from lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onespiritbrain Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 Oh yeah I did but I edited the first post at the bottom. It was from a 1999 Isuzu Rodeo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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