Technical Car/Motor Issues > Ford Focus III - 13 1.6 Engine oil dipstick shape Miscellaneous
Thread Author: L'escargot Replies: 3
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New Thu 16 May 13 08:39 
 Ford Focus III - 13 1.6 Engine oil dipstick shape - L'escargot
The Owner's Manual for the Mk III Focus shows that, depending on the engine, there are six different shapes for the level indicating end of the dipstick. Five of the dipsticks are a conventional flat strip, but the 1.6l EcoBoost dipstick is a Bowden cable with a waisted cylindrical piece attached at the bottom. The major diameter of the cylindrical piece is a close fit in the dipstick tube. The waisted part indicates the oil level.

What reason could there be for the different designs, and particularly why should the 1.6l EcoBoost dipstick be so radically different?
Last edited by: L'escargot on Thu 16 May 13 at 08:44
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New Thu 16 May 13 09:18 
 Ford Focus III - 13 1.6 Engine oil dipstick shape - Number_Cruncher
A flat strip dipstick will be OK if the dipstick tube is straight, or of any curves in the tube lie in one plane. If the dipstick tube has curves in more than one plane, it would be difficult to use a flat strip dipstick.
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New Thu 16 May 13 14:05 
 Ford Focus III - 13 1.6 Engine oil dipstick shape - L'escargot
>> If the dipstick tube has curves
>> in more than one plane, it would be difficult to use a flat strip dipstick.

That explains the Bowden cable version, but why 5 different shapes at the bottom of the flat strip versions? I can understand there being a different length between the maximum and minimum marks for different engines, but I can't understand why there should be a different shape ~ unless they were designed in different eras by different designers.
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New Thu 16 May 13 15:04 
 Ford Focus III - 13 1.6 Engine oil dipstick shape - jc2
SIMPLES-if the "fill-full" spacing is different on each,you change the shape to simplify identification!
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