How Much Oil Really?

[san rensho]

The manual says you check the oil with the motor hot (that means running for a good 45 minutes), then wait a "few minutes" before checking. To me, a few minutes means 3-5. When I follow this procedure and the dipstick shows full and the dash gauge shows full, the next morning after the oil has drained down into the sump, the dash guage will show one bar above full.

[BYprodriver]

I believe the main variable is how much oil is stuck in the heads particularly the timing chain housing side. The best way to minimize the amount of oil there, is to fully warm the engine & minimize rpms the last few minutes before the engine is shut off to help the scavenge pumps return most of the oil to the sump. I do this & drain the oil ASAP for a least 1/2 hour then add 8 qts. Drive car until at least 180 degrees, park car with engine off for a least an hour. Check oil level at dipstick & dash, then add oil till it is 1/2 qt below full. There is no need to attempt to make oil level perfectly full.

[ekam]

Originally Posted by san rensho

The manual says you check the oil with the motor hot (that means running for a good 45 minutes), then wait a "few minutes" before checking. To me, a few minutes means 3-5. When I follow this procedure and the dipstick shows full and the dash gauge shows full, the next morning after the oil has drained down into the sump, the dash guage will show one bar above full.

Your right. I took a drive to work this morning, shut the car off and turn the car key, waited 1 mins for the counter to cycle through and it does read full instead of overfill.