I have a new car, I think the dipstick is the wrong length.
When the car was new, driven less than 50 miles, it showed as being overfilled. I had it drained to bring it down to the right level.
Just had an oil+filter change, saw the tech put in exactly the right amount of oil (from quart containers), and the dipstick shows it as being overfilled.
The one explanation that makes sense is that the dipstick is the wrong length, which makes it read as overfilled when it is actually at the proper level. Thinking: I can't imagine the factory would overfill the engine. I don't know of a reason why it would show as overfilled at this point, given that it was just filled with the correct amount of oil.
Does my thinking make sense? Should I get the dipstick shortened? What would you do?
2007-02-19
18:25:44
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