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Pick the highest reported level and use that method to check from now on.
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Then, check when the engine is hot (after driving for 25 mins), and waiting 2 mins for the oil to drain a little.
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Lots of opinions on this, search around the forum for your fill of �em.
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My 99 doesn't have any issues filled to the very top, but most on here would recommend keeping the oil someplace in the middle.
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I just added some oil. I waited a few minutes like the manual suggests. The gauge showed full except the last bar. The dipstick showed a little past the full mark. I went to check it about 30 minutes later and digital gauge bars were solid and the dipstick was still just over the full mark, maybe between 8th and 16th of an inch. Will I be ok operating?
What year is your car?
You might be OK. Others have noted that anything past full results in oil smoke out the tailpipe, depending on how you drive. My 99 doesn't have any issues filled to the very top, but most on here would recommend keeping the oil someplace in the middle. Overfilling can actually be quite bad.
Also, you will get different levels depending on how you check. I would check in the morning, stone cold, note the measurement. Then, check when the engine is hot (after driving for 25 mins), and waiting 2 mins for the oil to drain a little. Note the measurement. Pick the highest reported level and use that method to check from now on. My car�s highest measurement is hot, not cold, so I try to never go above full when hot.
Always check on a flat surface. Otherwise, the levels will be skewed higher or lower.
There is major differences between reading an oil gage of the early and later style.
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...ter-model.html
The oil level vs Ltrs can also be affected if you have a deep sump installed.
Im also keeping the level at the mid mark while using a later style gage.
I would remove some oil.
Interesting, did I read something that said the original oil capacity was modified due to people complaining about blue smoke when hard cornering or something?
TOO MUCH OIL! The "dots" on the stick end are NOT the full and low marks. The full and low marks are the grooves before the shouldered out parts of the stick. I would take some oil out as mentioned above by dumping the filter can and remeasuring to get the level below the full groove. The guy that reconstructed my engine says "the oil should be in the middle of the stick stone cold and level. Add oil when the level reaches the the low mark on the stick and only add enough to bring the level back to the middle of the stick,"
Lots of opinions on this, search around the forum for your fill of �em. Personally, I run it at half way up the dipstick and don�t pay attention to the dash display. The logic for that level is the M96 holds a tremendous amount of oil compared to other similar sized engines, so even the low side of full (bottom of the dipstick) is more than plenty unless you track or spend a lot of time at triple digit speeds going around sharp curves.
Oh, I�m sure someone already thought of this, but instead of dropping the filter, it was easier to use an oil extraction pump and suck it out of the dipstick tube.
