Jim Yergin Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 (edited) I purchsed an "Oil Eye" accessory on eBay. It is intended to monitor your oil level from inside the car. A tube replaces the dipstick and is cut to the length of the mark on the dip stick where it shows you need a quart. The tube is connected to the unit hung on the botton edge of the dashboard. The unit also has a light and a vacuum line. When the engine is running the vacuum sucks oil up into the unit and then when you illiuminate the light it shows in the indicator window. If the oil level drops below the end of the tube, then no oil is sucked up and none shows in the unit. It appears to work. I tried it with the engine down a quart and nothing showed in the indicator. I added a quart and it showed oil. Not a necessary thing but a fun accessory. Don't know how old it is but it does have a six volt light bulb. Anybody know anything about this? Obviously it was not a big seller. Jim Yergin Edited July 31, 2012 by Jim Yergin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 That;s a fun period accesory. Wouldn't trust is 100% though. Neat add on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randroid Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Jim, I'm with Greg that it's a fun accessory but when you're low and the vacuum doesn't suck oil it sucks air, thereby changing your air\fuel mixture. Telling you you're low is one thing but punishing you for it goes a tad too far in my book. Maybe the guy who invented it had a hand in starting MicroSoft? -Randy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Yergin Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 Randy, Good point but I think the idea is that the indicator is supposed to keep you from driving the car when it is down a quart. Jim Yergin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 I know a few guys that would never get to drive their car if this device prohibited driving down a quart. They believe their flatheads always sling out the first quart so they run them down 1 on purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 My father was a big proponent of that oil philosophy. He figured if the engineers said that you didn't need to add oil till then, you didn't need to put that other quart in in the first place.... I can tell mine is low as the pressure will dip under braking and cornering from 45 to 30 when it needs more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TodFitch Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 My father was a big proponent of that oil philosophy. He figured if the engineers said that you didn't need to add oil till then, you didn't need to put that other quart in in the first place... Did he always run his tires under inflated too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 No He actually always ren them about 5lbs harder than recommended. And he never blew up an engine or a tire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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