Important 4.6 dipstick ?....

Tomwas · Jul 4, 2020

According to my owners manual I appear to have a 3.8 oil dipstick... Shows the flexible cable type for the 3.8 and the solid metal one for the 4.6... Oil check not showing on dipstick... Wondering if they are different lengths... Don't want to run with no oil, want to see correct amount when checking....

Boostr1 · Jul 6, 2020

I have the cable type as well on my 4.6. It's fine.

07GtS197 · Jul 6, 2020

I believe the oem one was the flat one and aftermarket/revised perhaps one is the cable one. I had a flat/curly one in my 00 gt then a cable one when the motor was replaced. My 02 gt has a curly one too so I’ve had both.

On a side note, if you have to change the oil soon you might as well do so and put in 6 quarts to see where it measures on the dipstick and mark it as reference.

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RAU03MACH · Jul 6, 2020

My o3 97 98 are all cable for 4.6

Tomwas · Jul 6, 2020

This is what the owners manual shows...

RAU03MACH · Jul 6, 2020

I think that is backwards
Every 4.6 I worked on has a cable dipstick

Tomwas · Jul 6, 2020

RAU03MACH said:
I think that is backwards
Every 4.6 I worked on has a cable dipstick

Thanks, thought that might be the case for some reason...

RAU03MACH · Jul 6, 2020

Tomwas said:
Thanks, thought that might be the case for some reason...

Even the 4 valves 4.6
Has cable dipstick

RAU03MACH · Jul 6, 2020

Tomwas said:
This is what the owners manual shows...View attachment 5422

I am glad to see that you are using a manual
Not all manuals are right but you are using it that's good

white95 · Jul 6, 2020

RAU03MACH said:
Even the 4 valves 4.6
Has cable dipstick

Can confirm, both my 2V and 4V had cable type dipsticks.

Tomwas · Jul 6, 2020

RAU03MACH said:
I am glad to see that you are using a manual
Not all manuals are right but you are using it that's good

Car didn't come with one.. Got The whole manual and accompanying brochures and zip up folder off of eBay... Comes in handy..

Boostr1 · Jul 7, 2020

The auto trans has a cable dipstick as well.

Kermit · Jul 20, 2020

I have a ‘97 Cobra convertible, bone stock with approx. 26,000 miles. Everything on it came from the factory, including a flat metal oil dipstick. So, maybe they had both as stock, depending on the bin they were pulling from.

RAU03MACH · Jul 20, 2020

Kermit said:
I have a ‘97 Cobra convertible, bone stock with approx. 26,000 miles. Everything on it came from the factory, including a flat metal oil dipstick. So, maybe they had both as stock, depending on the bin they were pulling from.

Any thing is possible . Ford dose e lot of different parts on there vehicles
I would not mind having the metal blade type in mine
The cable dipstick is a pain in the ass to read sometimes
If you get a part number let me know I may swap it