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Old 16th August 2003 | 05:33
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Flyin'Dutch'
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Sounds like the aviation variation on the urban legend tale.

I would be surprised if you could hear a rattling dipstick over the din of the average aviation engine + propellor + unsilenced exhaust.

The untightness or even absence of the dipstick would not result in a lower reading of the oil pressure; that is until the engine oil has departed!

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