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Oil Dipstick Darkening
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    Posted: 28 Jun 2015 at 8:59pm
Call it old age perhaps but I'm having some trouble seeing oil levels on some dipsticks.

Shiny steel ones work ok with diesel engine oil as it blackens, but transmission oil on shiny ones not so good, particularly the transmission one in a FA 10 dozer

So can I use gun blue to darken these dipsticks without issues? The type I have uses selenium oxide to do the blueing.

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I run the dipstick up against a fine grinding wheel side, so it makes horizontal scratches on the ds.  much easier to read...
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I've done some reading and apparently there is a trace of selenium in diesel - and I presume lube oil. So I presume no extra nasties.

So I tried the process on the diesel tank dipstick. Using Birchwood Casey product. I put one coat on and aged overnight. Sure is easier to read and we'll see for how long.
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