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Oil low...suggestions and help reading the dipstick

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YOUR RESEARCHOil low...suggestions and help reading the dipstick

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After you run the car to operating temp, shut the car off...wait around 10 min, then take a look at the dipstick.

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After you run the car to operating temp, shut the car off...wait around 10 min, then take a look at the dipstick.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

My electronic oil meter is telling me I have anywhere from half to 1/3 oil. I looked at the dip-stick and I can't tell whats medium, high or low. I DO NOT have a manual. 1. Can anyone tell me what the best oil is for getting ready to go into mid-west winter? 2. Also, how do I know when I have added enough? The dipstick does not have full on it. Thanks!

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After you run the car to operating temp, shut the car off...wait around 10 min, then take a look at the dipstick. Anything in the middle to upper notch would be fine.

POST 3Original post

I'm having a problem with my car, I just noticed my electronic oil indicator reads 0 oil and my dipstick reads full. I'm doing a search now

POST 4 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I'v decided, im just gonna get an oil change.

POST 5Original post

You'll probably feel better afterward if you just drove down the highway with your windows open and threw $200 right out the window.

POST 6 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Oh Dell.... First off, I don't know what kind of oil is in the car, and more importantly, Im not sure when the last oil change was. Besides, the shop I get the oil changed at, is around $100.

POST 7Original post

That's a bargain if it includes the oil and filter. 10 quarts of Mobil 1 0-40 runs around $70 + 13 or so for the filter.

POST 8Original post

$100 and a Porsche Filter and 9-10 quarts of Mobil1? If that's the case, get that puppy changed!

POST 9 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

That's what it was for my Boxster S.

POST 10 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Whatever it costs, i believe they charge for 1/2 hour labor, which is like $75 per hour.

POST 11Original post

When you say you don't have a manual do you mean you have a tiptronic When you say you don't have a manual do you mean you have a tiptornic? Seriously, get manual and read it a couple of times. It really does help.

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