OK my dip stick is actually 17.5" in total length. 14.25" just the part that goes into the tube. The tube is 5" long. It seems to me that mine should be the correct stock that came with the motor but why am I getting that is over full. I have exactly 4 quarts in with the filter and still reads way too full. I'm lost. By the way it came out of a 70 camaro.