Anyone using NON-OE dipstick?

[NateDiggity]

I recently bought a 2007 Denali for my wife.

It seems to have a non factory dipstick in it, and the hash marks are wrong. It looks like its waaaay overfilled, to the point I drained the oil the dealer just changed before we purchased it because I was convinced it had 2 quarts too much. Low and behold 6 quarts drained out, and I wasted 50 bucks on some more synthetic oil. The oil pressure sensor is also kaput and the oil pressure gauge on dash is not working because of this. I hooked my scan tool up and the sending unit is showing 130 psi which that freaked me out!

After I drained the oil and replaced it still showed 130 and doesnt fluctuate even a tenth of a PSI when I hit the gas, so I know the pressure sensor is toasted, sure scared me though!

Anyway, the dipstick seems to be the right length, and when I compare part numbers all the motors in this family (5.3/6.0 etc) have the same dip stick and this one I have is the correct length...

Anyone else run into this? Just wondering if all the dipstick are off, Id rather not replace it with the same wrong nonsense

 

[Rocket Man]

My 6.0 holds 6 quarts. That much I know. Check your capacities, I believe they all hold that much. Or is that what you were saying?

 

[fiatdale]

Correct - all 6 quarts

 

[Rocket Man]

I'm confused, because you said your oil pressure sending unit and gauge are bad because of this- do you mean you think the dipstick caused the problem ? It sounded like you said too much oil caused it. Anyway, my dipstick reads right so no, they're not all off.