@Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoNew Cars Don't All Come With Dipsticks Anymore, Here's Whywww.jalopnik.comexternal-linkmessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down122
arrow-up1220arrow-down1external-linkNew Cars Don't All Come With Dipsticks Anymore, Here's Whywww.jalopnik.com@Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-squareLka1988linkfedilinkEnglish15•3 months ago The real reason is that owners would not reseat the dipstick properly, which would cause a vacuum leak and a lean fuel mixture that would trigger the CEL. That is absolutely piss-poor design. But definitely a BMW thing to do.
minus-square@rottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoI mean, easily catching fire is a thing since German tanks in WWII, so yes.
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That is absolutely piss-poor design. But definitely a BMW thing to do.
I mean, easily catching fire is a thing since German tanks in WWII, so yes.