Reading oil level on dipstick?
07-22-2009, 06:47 PM
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You might try taking the dipstick out and setting it aside for 5 - 20 minutes and maybe the oil in the tube will settle back down into the pan. Then if you put the wiped off dipstick in, you might get one well defined reading before the tube gets all oiled up again.
07-22-2009, 09:33 PM
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Change the oil. Add amount that manual says to add. Reset Engine Oil Life computer in DIC. Drive it until either it is time to change the oil again or until you get the Check Oil Level message on the DIC. Don't lose a lot of sleep over it. 
07-23-2009, 03:13 PM
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07-23-2009, 04:49 PM
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Have you ever been able to read the level on this vehicle? If so, what has changed? Did you have an oil change done and engine is over full? Has anyone else tried reading level? Do you drink exccessivly before checking?<that is humor.........Or maybe the planets are not in correct alignement? If so wait a week......
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I'm going to do an oil change this weekend, if I can sober up. Then I'll see if it is overfilled. I was able to read it when new. I had my first oil change done with about 1,500 miles on it. Maybe that is the problem.
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07-23-2009, 08:49 PM
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As to the original question from this thread, my dipstick is somewhat easy to read but I have seen some that are pretty tricky. They can be aggravating.
07-25-2009, 03:30 PM
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Of course I don't use it or use oil!
07-25-2009, 06:25 PM
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sandpaper the stick
take some fine sandpaper or sandpaper sponge and run across dipstick. sanding at a 90 degree angle was more effective than sanding up and down the stick. just carefully clean sandpaper grit and very small metal debri off stick before inserting. i do this with most of my engines, helps alot.
08-17-2009, 01:40 PM
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This may be a noob question but if there's a DIC Oil Life display, why even bother with the dip stick ? I am asking because i recently purchased an 06 Z06.
thanks in advance,
G
thanks in advance,
G
08-17-2009, 01:44 PM
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The point of reading the dipstick is to see if you are burning or dripping oil. Then you need to add some. The oil life monitor is some calculation that tries to predict if the oil is still good and clean. It doesn't know if it's been burning or leaking and needs to be topped off.
08-17-2009, 01:47 PM
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The point of reading the dipstick is to see if you are burning or dripping oil. Then you need to add some. The oil life monitor is some calculation that tries to predict if the oil is still good and clean. It doesn't know if it's been burning or leaking and needs to be topped off.
Thanks for that.