Oil dip stick readings low

[o2sys]

Sometimes I check my engine oil dip stick and either reads low or smears all over the stick.

So I freak out and do an oil change and to my surprise all 6 +\- quarts come out???

 

[Mystickeith50]

.......not sure if serious.....

 

[Doug M]

Funday Sunday?

 

[BruceH]

I think you can get a medical MJ prescription for that out here.

 

[Doug M]

Lol

 

[o2sys]

No I'm serious guys

 

[BruceH]

No I'm serious guys

This is one reason for the holes between the hash marks. Sometimes residual oil will smear and obscure the reading. However, the holes can only be filled by being submerged. So provided that the bottom hole is filled you should be ok. I'll also add that once you get a fix on the bottom hole it's easier to see just where the oil ended up on the hash marks. Oil on the hash marks is only going to be consistent where the hash marks were submerged.

Does this help or clear anything up?

 

[Scott_0]

do you wipe the dipstick clean then reinsert for your reading? or are you driving the car, letting it sit for however long, then pulling the dipstick out and reading it that way? I mean, how hard is it to accurately read the oil level? lol

 

[Townson]

Let it sit overnight, pull dipstick, clean it, reinsert, take it out and check it. Don't freak out. Get a prescription for Xanax. It'll be fine.

 

[Kylar]

Let it sit overnight, pull dipstick, clean it, reinsert, take it out and check it. Don't freak out. Get a prescription for Xanax. It'll be fine.

This, its best to check when cold, and on a flat surface. After driving there can be some oil in the tube that can throw off readings.

 

[07 Boss]

Back in the day (1970's) I worked at this service station when full service was the norm. My boss told me when I checked someone's oil to not put the dipstick all the way back in when checking it so that I could sell them a quart of oil that they didn't need. Effin Crook.

 

[o2sys]

Back in the day (1970's) I worked at this service station when full service was the norm. My boss told me when I checked someone's oil to not put the dipstick all the way back in when checking it so that I could sell them a quart of oil that they didn't need. Effin Crook.

Lol

 

[eighty6gt]

The dipstick for some reason never reads correctly on these engines. Always smeared up and useless for me. My tactic is NOT to pull or clean the stick - just pull it out after car has sat over night in the garage. There's your reading, clear as day. Don't worry about capillary action or some other BS drawing oil up the stick.

 

[Scott_0]

Back in the day (1970's) I worked at this service station when full service was the norm. My boss told me when I checked someone's oil to not put the dipstick all the way back in when checking it so that I could sell them a quart of oil that they didn't need. Effin Crook.

lol wow! so wrong

The dipstick for some reason never reads correctly on these engines

lol not the first time I've heard this complaint, I just don't get it man, it's not brain surgery smh



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[Mystickeith50]

Man I must be a brain surgeon because I don't have any issues with this.

 

[skwerl]

Man I must be a brain surgeon because I don't have any issues with this.

You and me both. Every time I change my oil I run the car for a few minutes and then shut it off and check the oil again. That right there tells me where my 'full' mark is on the dipstick regardless of where the scribe marks are. And somehow I manage to remember that little tidbit of information whenever I check my oil level.

If it reads funky then wipe it off and try again. Heck, maybe even wait a minute or two for the oil to finish draining down into the pan. I'm trying to be helpful here and not sarcastic because I realize not everyone here has been changing their own oil for 35 years and not everyone grew up in their father's service station. Therefore stuff I tend to take for granted might not be so obvious to others.

 

[Scott_0]

Man I must be a brain surgeon because I don't have any issues with this.

You and me both. Every time I change my oil I run the car for a few minutes and then shut it off and check the oil again. That right there tells me where my 'full' mark is on the dipstick regardless of where the scribe marks are. And somehow I manage to remember that little tidbit of information whenever I check my oil level.

If it reads funky then wipe it off and try again. Heck, maybe even wait a minute or two for the oil to finish draining down into the pan. I'm trying to be helpful here and not sarcastic because I realize not everyone here has been changing their own oil for 35 years and not everyone grew up in their father's service station. Therefore stuff I tend to take for granted might not be so obvious to others.

lol I was saying, checking the oil is not brain surgery, and I don't get the complaints, hell I've heard gripes about the strut tower brace being in the way and it's a bad design complaint as well

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