An interesting note, I talked to one of the guys from Lokar this morning at the NW Nat's Goodguys, and he says that their dipsticks are supposed to come calibrated to the proper oil level as packaged. They assemble the outer sheath, then use gauges for each of the engine types to set the cable length, securing it into the handle. I explained to him what I had done, and the only explanation was that my dipstick assembly seemed to have been put together using the wrong gauge. I plan to do some measuring when I get home and call the factory to see if I can get to the bottom of it.