Keeping your engine oil topped off is one of the primary tenets of DIY engine maintenance. Since checking the oil level is a critical step in the procedure, a stuck or broken oil dipstick can turn a ...

I was talking with my friend Tim about work he was doing to his combine. He mentioned that he’d had to do repairs on a gearbox, and that it all started when he noticed that the dipstick tube for that ...

Dear Tom and Ray: I have a 1993 Subaru Loyale 4-wheel-drive wagon. The transmission-fluid dipstick has broken off the cap. The stem is down the fill tube beyond where I can reach it with a telescoping ...