Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => Drive train, fuel, suspension, steering & brakes => Topic started by: MikeSimon on April 12, 2023, 19:47:31

Title: Engine Oil Dipstick
Post by: MikeSimon on April 12, 2023, 19:47:31

There is a LHD 230SL on BaT right now which seems to have an engine from a RHD car. It looks like the oil dipstick is on the left side of the engine?
Did the RHD motors have the dipstick on the opposite side ?

Title: Re: Engine Oil Dipstick
Post by: teahead on April 12, 2023, 20:37:31

Link?

Title: Re: Engine Oil Dipstick
Post by: Garry on April 12, 2023, 21:39:34

RHD have right hand dipsticks looking from the front.

Title: Re: Engine Oil Dipstick
Post by: MikeSimon on April 12, 2023, 22:34:41

Never mind! So do LHD cars. I must not have checked engine oil in a long time. Probably got confused with the AT oil dipstick.

Title: Re: Engine Oil Dipstick
Post by: rwmastel on April 14, 2023, 13:19:03

Quote from: Garry on April 12, 2023, 21:39:34

... looking from the front.

I think the standard reference point we should all be using is "from the driver's seat".  So, I guess all dipsticks are on the left side, along with the fuel injection pump, regardless if LHD/RHD.  Correct?

Title: Re: Engine Oil Dipstick
Post by: MikeSimon on April 14, 2023, 13:22:29

Yes. Agree on all accounts. Only difference would be defining the direction of rotation of an accessory. It is almost always called by looking at the front of the unit.