Down 3 ticks from April oil change normal?

[Perfectlap]

while driving this HOT weekend my oil indicator pop'd up showing the oil level was down three ticks. Its been about 5,000 miles since my April oil change.
Seem abnormal to anyone?
Gotta find a place that sell the 0-40 up here. Went to three different Mobil 1 stations none of them knew what I was talking about "black cap?"

p.s. anyone know how many quarts three ticks equals?

[98Boxster98]

I think Tool Pants said it was about a cup a tick.

P.S. renntech thread - It's more like 1 tick is a couple of cups and it's covered in the owner's manual.

[deliriousga]

Have you checked it stone cold? Ours shows it's low if we stop to get gas. In the morning, it's full.

I was at Wally world yesterday and they have 0W40 at ours so you may want to check there. They only carry the quart bottles of it.

As far as 3 ticks down, if it's that low after the car has sat overnight then it doesn't seem normal to me. We don't usually loose any oil between changes.

[RandallNeighbour]

John is dead on with the digital oil check indicator. Gotta check it when the engine is cold. I've overfilled my engine with oil by checking it whilst the engine was hot.

Hey, I used "whilst" on a forum thread. That's a first.

[longislander1]

Autozone also carries the 0-W40.

[ddb]

"Hey, I used "whilst" on a forum thread. That's a first."

That's funny. It made my evening! Sometimes I'm easily entertained.

ddb