Checking oil
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Checking oil
After a month of ownership of my 2014 3LT I'm still not getting this right. I wait 10 minutes after the engine is shut off and the dipstick reads low. It only seems to register on one side. Yesterday waited 20 minutes and got a better reading. 600 miles and low? Help!
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After a month of ownership of my 2014 3LT I'm still not getting this right. I wait 10 minutes after the engine is shut off and the dipstick reads low. It only seems to register on one side. Yesterday waited 20 minutes and got a better reading. 600 miles and low? Help!
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After a month of ownership of my 2014 3LT I'm still not getting this right. I wait 10 minutes after the engine is shut off and the dipstick reads low. It only seems to register on one side. Yesterday waited 20 minutes and got a better reading. 600 miles and low? Help!
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Modern day dipsticks and dip tubes seem to smear the oil on the stick making it hard to see where the level actually is IMHO. The dipsticks of decades ago never seem to have that problem.
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After a month of ownership of my 2014 3LT I'm still not getting this right. I wait 10 minutes after the engine is shut off and the dipstick reads low. It only seems to register on one side. Yesterday waited 20 minutes and got a better reading. 600 miles and low? Help!
I apologize that you have encountered concerns regarding the oil. We are available to help set you up with a dealership to look at this for you. If this sounds like a good plan, please PM us your contact information, VIN, and the preferred dealership name/location. I will keep an eye out for your response!
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After a month of ownership of my 2014 3LT I'm still not getting this right. I wait 10 minutes after the engine is shut off and the dipstick reads low. It only seems to register on one side. Yesterday waited 20 minutes and got a better reading. 600 miles and low? Help!
Not sure why it works tho. I do this on all dipstick tube engines & I didn't think the Z51 really had this.
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Hey there,
I apologize that you have encountered concerns regarding the oil. We are available to help set you up with a dealership to look at this for you. If this sounds like a good plan, please PM us your contact information, VIN, and the preferred dealership name/location. I will keep an eye out for your response!
Jennie R.
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I apologize that you have encountered concerns regarding the oil. We are available to help set you up with a dealership to look at this for you. If this sounds like a good plan, please PM us your contact information, VIN, and the preferred dealership name/location. I will keep an eye out for your response!
Jennie R.
Chevrolet Customer Care
Last edited by Tom Kane; Jun 3, 2014 at 05:01 PM.
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Well THIS is one for the books. I have a Z51 automatic obviously with dry sump. My car shows full oil with just 9 qts of oil. It's suppose to take 10.3 The dealer Overfilled it twice. and after bringing the car home, hot engine waited five min. Also eight min. Checked the oil. Same indications. Flat garage floor. I then pumped out one point three qts. Dip stick then showed full. I have a fancy device with exact measurements . Thought dealer overfilled the car. Five hundred miles later decided to change oil and FILTOR again. This time gave him exactly 9.5 qts. You got it, half Qt overfilled. Since mobile one has at times over filled their containers, I made all of them exact. Could the dip stick be fallty. By the way, dealer ticked at me. Told him to wait ten min to insure all oil was drained out. I watched him. Same deal again. By the way my previous car was a Grand Sport with dry sump. I know how to check the oil. ANY Suggestions....
I put in 9 after my oil change and it reads 1/2 quart low. I intend to keep 1/2 way in hatched area, about 1/2 quart low.
When I changed oil, had front of car slightly lower than the rear. Pushed on hoses from pan to tank but don't think I got much more out. Waited some time as all oil drained. For what it's worth.
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After a month of ownership of my 2014 3LT I'm still not getting this right. I wait 10 minutes after the engine is shut off and the dipstick reads low. It only seems to register on one side. Yesterday waited 20 minutes and got a better reading. 600 miles and low? Help!
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10.3 was changed to 9.7 with sheet that came with the owners manual.
I put in 9 after my oil change and it reads 1/2 quart low. I intend to keep 1/2 way in hatched area, about 1/2 quart low.
When I changed oil, had front of car slightly lower than the rear. Pushed on hoses from pan to tank but don't think I got much more out. Waited some time as all oil drained. For what it's worth.
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After a month of ownership of my 2014 3LT I'm still not getting this right. I wait 10 minutes after the engine is shut off and the dipstick reads low. It only seems to register on one side. Yesterday waited 20 minutes and got a better reading. 600 miles and low? Help!
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I don't have a Z51. I did everything as instructed. Then found out an old friend of mine is now the certified Corvette mechanic at the local dealership (not where I ordered the car). Went there and he checked the oil. Car was outside and on a slight uphill angle. He got a full reading. He said the very slight angle made no difference. Everything is good. Why did they make this so difficult? My '67 911S is much easier and that has a dry sump.
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Well THIS is one for the books. I have a Z51 automatic obviously with dry sump. My car shows full oil with just 9 qts of oil. It's suppose to take 10.3 The dealer Overfilled it twice. and after bringing the car home, hot engine waited five min. Also eight min. Checked the oil. Same indications. Flat garage floor. I then pumped out one point three qts. Dip stick then showed full. I have a fancy device with exact measurements . Thought dealer overfilled the car. Five hundred miles later decided to change oil and FILTOR again. This time gave him exactly 9.5 qts. You got it, half Qt overfilled. Since mobile one has at times over filled their containers, I made all of them exact. Could the dip stick be fallty. By the way, dealer ticked at me. Told him to wait ten min to insure all oil was drained out. I watched him. Same deal again. By the way my previous car was a Grand Sport with dry sump. I know how to check the oil. ANY Suggestions....
Thank you for following up with us regarding your Corvette’s oil. Please private message us and we can further discuss this concern. We are not certified technicians so we cannot verbally diagnose your vehicle, but we are happy to reach out to our internal resources for advice. Talk to you soon!
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