AJP engine number dipstick and filler
AJP engine number dipstick and filler
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leerdam23

Original Poster:

606 posts

290 months

Monday 3rd March 2008
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Hi all...


Stupid questions that I need answers to are:

Where is the oil filler cap and dip stick located on Tuscan challenge cars? I have spent 15 mins looking blankly at the engine and cant see either. I haven't removed the induction bits and pieces so i am assuming they might be hiding under there. Photo's please?

Also, any ideas where the engine number may be hiding too?

Thanks all in advance.

Jetblackonetenth

694 posts

238 months

Monday 3rd March 2008
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The oil filler on a Tuscan Challenge is on the passengers side bulk head in the engine bay, on top of the dry sump it should be filled to about 2" above the top baffle plate - there is no dip stick (apart from some Challenge cars that had them fitted in the drivers seatlaugh)
There is an engine number which i think is located on the block on the drivers side

teamHOLDENracing

5,105 posts

296 months

Monday 3rd March 2008
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You won't see them because they aren't there.

It is a dry sump system. Oil top ups or changes are done through the top of the dry sump oil tank, which normally sticks out of the top of the passenger bay footwell under the bonnet. Yours is a 2 seater so the factory may have relocated the tank, but it is probably there.

If you look down through the filler neck there is a baffle plate - you use that to judget the oil level. Correct oil level is 1" above the baffle plate.

To drain the oil there is a plug on the bottom of the tank that sticks out below the car. You should also change the filter which is on the integral oil pump, part of the block on the passenger side, with a very short length of braided hose on it

teamHOLDENracing

5,105 posts

296 months

Monday 3rd March 2008
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Beaten to it by a minute!

Dave PORTER

156 posts

299 months

Monday 3rd March 2008
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The oil level should be approx 1inch below the top baffle plate otherwise you will find your catch tank filling up rapidly.....

Jetblackonetenth

694 posts

238 months

Monday 3rd March 2008
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Sorry meant below the top baffle

thought 2" but would go with dave's 1"

Graham

16,381 posts

313 months

Monday 3rd March 2008
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Dave PORTER said:
The oil level should be approx 1inch below the top baffle plate otherwise you will find your catch tank filling up rapidly.....
AH, I was wondering why the oil level was different for a rover and an ajp.. <LOL>

teamHOLDENracing

5,105 posts

296 months

Monday 3rd March 2008
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And I can never remember whether it is an inch above or below!!

Jetblackonetenth

694 posts

238 months

Monday 3rd March 2008
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my excuse for forgetting is that mine has a dipstick bult into the cap that has an oil level marked on in.confused

teamHOLDENracing

5,105 posts

296 months

Monday 3rd March 2008
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I have no excuse - I just forget. Inevitably I check my catch tank quite often!!

leerdam23

Original Poster:

606 posts

290 months

Monday 3rd March 2008
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Thank you all.

Not such a stupid question after all then!!!

heightswitch

6,322 posts

279 months

Monday 3rd March 2008
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teamHOLDENracing said:
And I can never remember whether it is an inch above or below!!
And those 2" always make a difference Andyhehe

N

teamHOLDENracing

5,105 posts

296 months

Monday 3rd March 2008
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According to my wife. Makes no odds to me smilebiggrin

Jetblackonetenth

694 posts

238 months

Tuesday 4th March 2008
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leerdam23 said:
Thank you all.

Not such a stupid question after all then!!!
As Chris tarrant often says

The answer is only simple if you know it