Wrong Dipstick

[motoking_1990]

I bought a dipstick from a guy on the forum here. When I recieved it i compared mine to the one i got. The one i got had one o-ring and was about an inch shorter than mine. Mine has two o-rings. Which i dont think matters. Also mine is rounded at the end and the one i got was pointed.
I began to research it and the 02 and 03 was the same gm part number and they are like the one I recieved today. 97287502 is the part number. Idk if mine had an aftermarket or what but I snapped some pictures and gonna see what you guys think is going on here.
Thanks
Greg

 

[motoking_1990]

 

[motoking_1990]

bump

 

[LWATSON]

You can probably still use it. You could change your oil and filter and put 10 quarts of oil in and see where it hits on the new stick. Maybe take a hack saw and score the spot where the oil hits when full? This is kind of ghetto but you'd at least have a dipstick to use until you get it figured out.

 

[WVRigrat05]

My LMM and LLY were both pointed with one o ring, I have no experience with an LB7 other than the short block I had build and it was pointed as well, I'm assumining they were not swapped when it was built.

 

[motoking_1990]

idk what the previous owner had going on. I may just measure the tube and compare it to a oem one.

 

[hondarider552]

Drain oil and filter, put 10 qts in, start the truck and build oil pressure, shit down, wait a few mins and stick it. easy.

 

[jacobdewey]

Drain oil and filter, put 10 qts in, start the truck and build oil pressure, shit down, wait a few mins and stick it. easy.

The shit down part being the most important. Don't want to have a mess on your hands.

 

[WVRigrat05]

Come to think of it, my lmm is in a different spot to pull it, so I'm it's longer, maybe you got one off an LBZ/LMM

 

[motoking_1990]

I was told 07 up has 4 inch longer. What really sucks is I changed the oil about 75 miles ago.

Shit down and stick it? I do not like where this thread is going.

I will keep an eye til its time to change again.

 

[hondarider552]

I can measure my LB7 and LBZ dipsticks if that would help? Got both in the garage.

 

[hondarider552]

The shit down part being the most important. Don't want to have a mess on your hands.

:rofl::rofl:

I was like wtf are you talking about until I actually read my own post :roflmao:

 

[D-MaxMike]

Just asked my neighbor who has a 01 lb7. His dipstick has 1 o-ring and is pointed. Hope this helped


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[Awenta]

Mine is pointed!


Wait... This really is headed down the tunes huh

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[motoking_1990]

Yes this all helped. The one I had at first was wrong. It does make me wonder how many times it been over full. Most of the time I only put 10 qts in though. The new dipstick show right below the full mark now so it should be good.