The manual says to check the oil with the motor at full operating temperature, which means a good half hour or longer of driving. Then turn the car off and wait a few minutes. I wait 5. Then check with the dipstick. The level should be between the marks.
Using this method, when the stick shows full, if I check the oil in the morning, before I start the car, the dash oil level is above max and the dipstick also shows above full. I believe this is perfectly normal since the specified method for checking the oil is a few minutes after shut down, not in the morning after its been sitting all night.
If your dipstick shows the correct level with the above method, you are ok.
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Current car
2000 Boxster 2.7l red/black
Previous cars
1973 Opel Manta
1969(?) Fiat 850 Convertible
1979 Lancia Beta Coupe
1981 Alfa Romeo GTV 6
1985 Alfa Romeo Graduate
1985 Porsche 944
1989 Porsche 944
1981 Triumph TR7
1989 (?) Alfa Romeo Milano
1993 Saab 9000
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