Dip stick

[Bri]

Got myself a new to me 2 year old s213 e class and i like to do a oil change mid service with an oil pump but i cant find a dip stick tube.
Its an e 220 has this engine not got a tube or am i missing some thing, don't fancy getting under it and going back to doing it the old fashioned way so easy with a pump.

 

[W1ghty]

Got myself a new to me 2 year old s213 e class and i like to do a oil change mid service with an oil pump but i cant find a dip stick tube.
Its an e 220 has this engine not got a tube or am i missing some thing, don't fancy getting under it and going back to doing it the old fashioned way so easy with a pump.

Can’t help with your particular car , but dipsticks are being slowly phased out on newer cars

 

[Martin 1]

Drives me nuts that my CLK doesn't have a dipstick, they've had to add a level sensor so it's not even cheaper, WHY ?

 

[W1ghty]

Drives me nuts that my CLK doesn't have a dipstick, they've had to add a level sensor so it's not even cheaper, WHY ?

That’s weird my CLK has both

 

[Martin 1]

I've got those, but neither has a dipstick. Do you have one, and do you know the correct measurements ?

 

[W1ghty]

I've got those, but neither has a dipstick. Do you have one, and do you know the correct measurements ?

The yellow cap is my oil dipstick . The atf tube doesn’t have one in it , i just bought one from eBay for a few quid . Just search 722.6 dipstick , I only use it when I change or check the atf level , you can’t leave it in .

 

[easyonthegas]

No dip stick on S213 now. I must be old fashioned as I like to check my oil level before driving off - on vacation (when we get back to them) before someone asks if I do that to go the shops!

Why don't cars just cut out the driver as well? Or is that next year's model???

 

[Petrol Pete]

My 2006 M113 V8 has both dipstick tubes but no dipstick (available to but cheaply on line) but it has engine oil level sensing, I too agree that not having an actual dipstick is a bit daft but it's how they were 'rolling' even back then.

I have seen people buy the long dipstick online then cut it to suit the tube and leave it in place . Bri , you might think not having a dipstick is a bit dopey my V8 does not even monitor its own oil pressure . The first inkling you get that your M113 V8 engine is low on oil pressure is when it blows up. I know it's April the first but I am not making that up.

 

[Mickw212]

That’s weird my CLK has both
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Isnt the red capped one for the gearbox oil???

 

[W1ghty]

Isnt the red capped one for the gearbox oil???

Yes

 

[Fastcar155]

Hi , my E400 does have a dip stick.The only issue is that the engine oil is so thin and clean it is difficult to read the dip stick even after a couple of thousand miles.

I tried the paper towel trick but no good.

Any other ideas , my eye site is fine