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Echo Beach
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17. May 2011 at 19:11  
Received wisdom is that one should check Oil, and the like, on a level surface.
My drive is not level.
Does anyone happen to know whether there are any surfaces, inside or outside of the car, which I can use to check that the vehicle is level, please?
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Reply #1 - 17. May 2011 at 19:15  
it only needs to be rack o' th'eye  Wink

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Reply #2 - 17. May 2011 at 19:16  
Front of car facing down gradient............jack in centre of front support beam, door open, spirit level on sill, jack away `till level

Andy........eyesight might be crap Cheesy
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Reply #3 - 17. May 2011 at 19:42  
RobG wrote on 17. May 2011 at 19:16:
Front of car facing down gradient............jack in centre of front support beam, door open, spirit level on sill, jack away `till level

Andy........eyesight might be crap Cheesy


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Re: Looking for a level surface on the vehicle
Reply #4 - 17. May 2011 at 19:44  
Echo Beach,

As posted, any reasonably level piece of road / driveway /hard standing will be sufficient to get an accurate oil level reading.

No offence intended, but it's surely not worth all the effort of jacking the car and getting busy with a spirit level ??
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Reply #5 - 17. May 2011 at 20:48  
Thanks for your responses.
I hadn't planned to resort to using the jack.
It sounds like the closest (to level) surface are the door sills.
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