[DSPTurtle]

I am not sure I am measuring rod end play correctly. I have a 1.8L crank and rods and when I used my feeler gauge I was getting reading from .013 to .017. They got bigger the further I moved from the flywheel end. Also, on a few journals, one side would read as a bigger space than in the opposite side (ie. flywheel side read .013 and front .015) In all cases I wrote down the higher number for each rod. Is that normal, or was I measuring wrong (pushed the rod over till it "clicked" and stuck the biggest feeler gauge that woudl fit)? Do I need to get a new crank?
Thanks in Advance
JB