oil level question
When I bought my 97 it didn't come with an owners manual so I've always been a little in the dark about some of the gauges. Mostly the one that shows oil level occasionally.
Has hash marks for the high and low marks on both sides. Usually it's dead center between the marks-I assume this is a good sign? (I had the oil changed about 3500 miles ago ). Yesterday I let me wife drive it to work and she called from the road with a CEL a and said the oil level light stayed on instead of going out in a few seconds. Hmmmm. Unbeknownst to me she stopped at an auto parts store and had them read the dipstick in the trunk and there was no oil on the dipstick. I'm told that they added a quart of Mobil 1. Now the Oil light qo all the way to max and the dipstick is wet. Overfill? What to do about that? |
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. |
The electronic dash oil level gauge on the early (97-99) Boxster's is notoriously poor. Just follow San Rensho's advice and use the manual dip stick. That way you always know exactly what is in the sump.
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Remove oil through the filler?
If I need to remove some oil- can I syphon through the filler?
Thnx.. John |
Syphon extra oil through the filler inthe trunk?
Syphon extra oil through the filler in the trunk?
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Its a whole lot easier to remove any excess oil by removing the oil filter housing and pouring the oil into a container. The filter housing holds about 200 ml IIRC.
Its a long, tortuous rout trying to syphon oil from the filler neck to the sump..... |
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