New dipstick markings wrong? 2000 4.0 SOHC

[VTOSS_Man]

Hi Everyone,

Last spring when I was changing the spark plugs, I broke the plastic handle off my engine dipstick. (changing #5 plug, wrench slipped, S#*t!, byebye plastic handle! LOL)

So I just got around to ordering up the new dipstick last week from Ford. The new one arrives and I compare it to the old one. I then notice that the full line is about 1/2" higher than the old one!?!?! WTF? Everything else is the same. Length, low oil line, etc. is all the same. Just the fill line is too high!

I went back to the parts counter guy and showed him the difference. He double checked the computer/parts # and couldn't figure out why the new dipstick was marked differently. He said he would order another new one in case the one we received was a fluke. The second new one arrived yesterday with the same incorrect markings.......fill line 1/2" too high. (probably at least 3/4 litre overfill if I was to go by the dipstick markings). The parts guy had no idea why there was such a big difference between the new and the old.

Has anyone else encountered this problem, and, more importantly, know where I can get a new dipstick that is marked correctly???

TIA

Edit;
Old dipstick part# F77E-6750-CD
New dipstick part # XL2Z-6750-DA (according to Ford part guy's computer)

 

[Rick]

Do an oil change with the specified amount of oil. Then make a new mark on the dipstick where full really should be. I had to do that on our Mach 1.

 

[VTOSS_Man]

Do an oil change with the specified amount of oil. Then make a new mark on the dipstick where full really should be. I had to do that on our Mach 1.

That is the obvious work around. But I'd rather just have the proper dipstick in the first place.

Anyone else?

 

[Rick]

Junk yard.

 

[section525]

The new dipsticks are $19.60 from Fast Parts Network (our site sponsor), how much are you paying?

Oh yeah, it says '97-01 SOHC too. Weird.

 

[shaker1]

Do an oil change with the specified amount of oil. Then make a new mark on the dipstick where full really should be. I had to do that on our Mach 1.

Funny, I have a 98 Ex and a 03 Mach 1 too! Also, I saw in your profile you were born in Chicago, as was I. However, I am not into ham radio, but I do EAT ham occasionally.