I picked up a '99 Mustang Gt that use to belong to a friend about 10 years ago. I believe the engine he swapped in was a truck 4.6 but I don't know if there is a way to tell for sure. I know it has Romeo PI heads going by the casting numbers today.
Anyway, I noticed it looked like the end of the dipstick had been hitting the crank or something. How, I have no clue. I was thinking either that or someone ground it/cut it off crudely for some unknown reason.
I ordered a new dipstick from LMR and it says its for my '99 GT 4.6 2V with the updated 6 qt fill reading. Then I get thinking what if it has the wrong tube on this swapped engine and I break off a possible second piece of dipstick in the engine?
Hopefully I will change the oil tomorrow when the new dipstick comes. I am going to try to look through the drain plug hole with an inspection scope see if there is any sign of metal or piece of dipstick if it hasn't been drained from the pan yet. Also look for what may have caused this.
I guess I'm just looking for someone to tell me, oh the truck and the Mustang GT 4.6 share the same dipstick. Or, the tube and dipstick are specific to the Mustang so it would have had to have been changed already. Meanwhile I am going to keep searching. Thanks for the help!
Anyway, I noticed it looked like the end of the dipstick had been hitting the crank or something. How, I have no clue. I was thinking either that or someone ground it/cut it off crudely for some unknown reason.
I ordered a new dipstick from LMR and it says its for my '99 GT 4.6 2V with the updated 6 qt fill reading. Then I get thinking what if it has the wrong tube on this swapped engine and I break off a possible second piece of dipstick in the engine?
Hopefully I will change the oil tomorrow when the new dipstick comes. I am going to try to look through the drain plug hole with an inspection scope see if there is any sign of metal or piece of dipstick if it hasn't been drained from the pan yet. Also look for what may have caused this.
I guess I'm just looking for someone to tell me, oh the truck and the Mustang GT 4.6 share the same dipstick. Or, the tube and dipstick are specific to the Mustang so it would have had to have been changed already. Meanwhile I am going to keep searching. Thanks for the help!