hard time reading my diptick, any tips?

I have trouble reading where the oil is... are you supposed to push it in all the way when you read it?? i am at 1200 into my OCI and it just comes out looking oily everywhere so i cant really tell

 

any tips?

i bought it just under a month ago and the compression test was pretty solid, it runs great too. What would i get checked?

Make sure your car is not running when you check it clean off the dip stick with a rag then put it all the way in then pull it out and check it

also make sure the motor is cold when you check the motor it is the ideal time to check the oil

did you do a leak-down test?

 

yes they were all around 139 but cyl 4 was abit lower like 132

 

 

yes the car sat for like 4 hours at work and then i cleaned the stick and did it (i know the basics) i just cant see a distinct line. maybe its a bit overfull and the oil is just clean? (amsoil 5-30)

Newbie's.

 

remove the o-ring at the top of the dipstick.

 

It seems all boxer engine holds oil up the dipstick tube when the engine is turned off. My B&S boxer engine on the lawn tractor did the same thing.

 

What I used to do before removing the o-ring was, drive to work, park the car on level ground, turn it off, open the hood, pull the dipstick about 2" out, close the hood, go to work, 8 hours later, open the hood, wipe the stick, check the oil.

 

You may find the oil reads in a V on the top side of the stick, flip it over, that the true reading.

 

 

Welcome to the world of boxer engines...

 

 

Oh top it off as needed, THESE THINGS USE OIL.

I see Max jsut beat me to it - I use his method. Park car and pull dipstick out a couple inches and let the car sit for a while (I usually leave overnight). Then insert and check. Usually differing levels on front to back - I read the lower of the two as the level.

will do thanks. i thought there was something cheeky about this

I think in my got some new stuff for engine R&R thread I posted a picture of the roughly 45* angle the dipstick enters the oil at.

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/dip-stick-modification-55961.html?t=55961&highlight=dip+stick

 

this too, and the thread makes for a funny read. this with the other method.

lol

one more question - how many quarts should it take with an oil change new normal sized filter?

 

finally got a good read and it is a bit low

Oil all over the stick means you probably have significant blow-by. could be due to ringland failure, might want to get it checked...

 

Response fail.

 

 

Seriously?

one more question - how many quarts should it take with an oil change new normal sized filter?

 

finally got a good read and it is a bit low

 

about 4.5 qts, if you want exact numbers though

about 4.5 qts, if you want exact numbers though

 

i feel like ive read from 4.5 to 5.2. Also on a tangent, to make up 1/4 of the dipstick how much should i put in? in b4 "basic math" does half of the diptick correlate to dividing 4.5/2 perfectly?

4.2 qt's

 

 

Here's why the stick is hard to read, see how it goes into the pan.

 

 

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x40/92Si/DSCN4718.jpg

I believe its ~.75qt on the display to get the dipstick to read from low to full.

From my experience in the past the full to add line is about one qt.

However the above post seems more accurate as far as the sube is concerned.

Lol, no--not even remotely serious. This is just one of those questions that is answered in a billion threads--our dipsticks suck, read as best you can after the oil settles, add as needed.

 

u mad the forum is being used for its purpose? its not a wikipedia

^I'm sure he's just frustrated w/ the amount of n00b posts w/o checking the forum using the search features that are provided.

Learn how to navigate the forum w/o posting more of the same over and over