To much oil
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Dry or wet sump? One is 7 qts the other is 9.8 qts.
wet sump: Stab the stick in and read it.
dry sump: Did you bring it up to 170° oil temp, wait 5 minutes and then check the oil?
Just a hair above the hash, I'd leave it.
Elmer
wet sump: Stab the stick in and read it.
dry sump: Did you bring it up to 170° oil temp, wait 5 minutes and then check the oil?
Just a hair above the hash, I'd leave it.
Elmer
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Wet sump , just a bit over filled is fine , if I am road racing I do overfill by just a small amount ( you don't want to foam the oil )
We asked if it was a Dry sump because how u have to check it is different
We asked if it was a Dry sump because how u have to check it is different
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I couldn't stand it,,,,, OCD, ****, old man issue. I drained a bit of oil and got the oil on the dip stick to the correct top line. I do know the amount of oil I drained out, doesn't make any difference.
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Eexcept I'd extract it out of the dip stick tube.
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I tried to use a small 1/4" OD tube, it doesn't fit down the dipstick tube. I looked at the hardware store for a smaller OD tube, no joy. There is a restriction at the end of the tube to allow the diameter of the end of the dipstick to just fit.
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Top-side oil filters and sucking oil out through the dipstick has got to be one of the best car innovations ever.
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Technically nothing wrong with being precise, but if it was just a small amount, you probably would have been just fine.
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I never said how I drained it. I made sure the oil was cold, unscrewed the drain plug carefully and kept it in the hole and pulled it out just enough to have it flow a bit. The oil being cold helped a lot. It didn't burn my fingers and flowed very slow.