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YOUR RESEARCHoil level

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Check oil

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Checking the oil with a fill up usually shows a lower level than the first start up of the day so don't go by what it is at the gas station.

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Check should only take a few seconds

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the computer check should only take a few seconds.

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Check their oil level by

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does anyone check their oil level by using the onboard computer?

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Fill gas each time

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my owner's manual ( i know--reading directions is for nerds) says to do it after filling gas each time!

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Use onboard computer

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does anyone check their oil level by using the onboard computer?

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Check oil

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Checking the oil with a fill up usually shows a lower level than the first start up of the day so don't go by what it is at the gas station.

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Check should only take a few seconds

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the computer check should only take a few seconds.

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Check their oil level by

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Suggestion · Original poster

does anyone check their oil level by using the onboard computer?

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Fill gas each time

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my owner's manual ( i know--reading directions is for nerds) says to do it after filling gas each time!

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Use onboard computer

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does anyone check their oil level by using the onboard computer?

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

does anyone check their oil level by using the onboard computer? my owner's manual ( i know--reading directions is for nerds) says to do it after filling gas each time! but then when i attempt it the guage says it will take about an hour? who has that kind of time? what say yee wise men of the renn?

POST 2Original post

After shutting down a warm engine and letting it sit for 5 minutes or so... about the time it takes to pump gas... the computer check should only take a few seconds.

POST 3Original post

Tomorrow am, before you turn your ignition key all the way to start your Porsche, turn the key partially and wait for the oil level graph to illuminate.But be sure to always rely on the dip stick for the best accuracy.

POST 4Original post

I would wait the hour - those gas lines are a great place to meet women

POST 6Original post

Be glad we have dipsticks..... 996 are lasts of the real Porsche.

POST 7 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

thanks for the input guys. i guess as long as we don't run across women with dipsticks...

POST 8Original post

I find myself always confirming the computer with the dipstick before adding oil.

POST 9Original post

Quotes source post: 8225069

well, yea - trouble is most of them dont like me... in fact now that I think of it.... BTW - I was thinking that line was from idiocracy....?

POST 11Original post

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nope... removed dip stick and replaced it with a GO TO DEALER light

POST 12Original post

Not true. I have seen plenty of "dip sticks" in 997's

POST 14Original post

When you turn the key and are looking at the oil level also look at the voltage on the left and watch it dip when you start the car (battery health). Checking the oil with a fill up usually shows a lower level than the first start up of the day so don't go by what it is at the gas station.

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