Help: Need Correct oil level min/max marks on aftermarket oil temperature dipstick

tribal · Mar 10, 2020

Hello. Does anyone use this temperature dipstick below (from Newbonneville.com)??

Normally I change my oil at home and use my OEM dipstick to check oil levels.

I meant to scratch some marks on the temperature dipstick but never did - the marks on it
are not correct for an R3.

I changed my oil in Florida and need to know the distance from the bottom to where the min and max oil level marks should be.

m6w6 · Mar 11, 2020

Why thinking too much about it? It's a dry sump, so if there's much oil and some air in the tank, everything should be fine.

m6w6 · Mar 11, 2020

PS: I also have an aftermarket oil dip stick with temp gauge. Not the exact same, but a similar. Never cared about level marks.

Dzhaks · Mar 11, 2020

Had anybody met the same gauge in Celcium?

m6w6 · Mar 11, 2020

Dzhaks said:
Had anybody met the same gauge in Celcium?

Hi, there are plenty on fleebay, just search for "triumph rocket oil temp".

Fingers · Mar 11, 2020

Just put a total of six quarts in and don’t worry about it.

Scholle · Mar 11, 2020

You should take care not to scratch any mark too deep into the material. The tube is not thick. You run the risk of liquid leaking out. Better use a heat-resistant paint to place the marks.
Regards, Georg

tribal · Mar 11, 2020

Thanks. Just the low oil mark would suffice.
I put in 5 1/2 quarts the other day but stalled again idling a long time in traffic.

It may just be a coincidence but it ran fine after adding another 1/2 quart. That's the 3rd time - 2 before the oil was changed.

I don't see any indication of an oil leak.

The oil light didn't come on and there was oil 1 inch up the dipstick tube so perhaps the root cause is my kickstand sensor delete splice is failing
under high engine heat. Or maybe the oil pressure sensor is failing...

RockOn · Mar 11, 2020

Scholle said:
You should take care not to scratch any mark too deep into the material. The tube is not thick. You run the risk of liquid leaking out. Better use a heat-resistant paint to place the marks.
Regards, Georg

Wish I had talked to you before I used a cutoff wheel on my Dremel to cut a mark near the bottom of my temp dip stick like the OP pictured. Bottom quarter inch or so got cut right off. :banghead:

Bought a new dip stick and left it alone. As long as I get some sign of oil at bottom of stick I am good. :thumbsup:

Temps are consistently in the high 180's on the gauge.

vzrDean1800 · Mar 14, 2020

m6w6 said:
Hi, there are plenty on fleebay, just search for "triumph rocket oil temp".

I just copied that exact wording into an eBay search, and it came up with nothing found.

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