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How should I check my oil level with the stick, should I have the car running on idle or off?
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You check by removing the fill plug and seeing if anything drips out.
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an occational check of the dip stick is good, but the electronic is supposed to be the most accurate (so I have heard)
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Some times I check the oil with the car facing in sometimes facing out.
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Hey folks.
How should I check my oil level with the stick, should I have the car running on idle or off? And where on the stick is the normal status?
Regards // Norbert
Car should be warmed up and turned off. Let it sit for about 10-15 minutes or so to make sure the oil has settled. The stick has an indicator on it showing a normal range area toward the bottom.
How accurate is the computer when checking oil level? My garage floor has a pitch for water drainage. I would think that it would be close enough for getting a accurate reading. Right or wrong?
I found the computer to be very accurate.My garage has a pitch also. Some times I check the oil with the car facing in sometimes facing out. It varies in difference of one line on the computer.
trust the electronic level, but know that it does fluctuate a bit from day to day... an occational check of the dip stick is good, but the electronic is supposed to be the most accurate (so I have heard)
others might say the opposite, lets see....
This should be an interesting thread--I was just thinking of almost the same thread. My electronic is quite a bit different than the dipstick. It reads lower than the dipstick. Being kind of an oldtimer, I tend to trust the dipstick. After taking lots of readings, both peak at about 30 minutes, and are quite a bit lower when cold. The manual, of course, suggests reading warm.
To complicate things, when you go in for an official oil consumption test, the readings are done by the dealer cold and they use the dipstick.
Pretty much all modern water cooled engine manufacturers design the dipstick to be read with the oil hot, but engine off:
1) The engine should be at operating temp.
2) The car is parked on level ground and the engine is shut off.
3) Wait 5-10 minutes for the oil to drain from inside the engine into the sump.
4) Pull the dipstick and check the oil level.
This way it doesn't matter if the car is in Sweden in the winter or in Death Valley in the summer, the internal engine temp is more or less the same. Plus it allows repair shops/gas stations to quickly check the oil level if the car just pulls up.
IIRC in the old days it used to be read the dipstick with the engine cold and oil cold. But that wasn't as consistent and made it difficult for an accurate oil check at the gas station.
The reason I ask is because I picked up my car Friday night from my indy shop. I had a bunch of things done to the car including an oil change. I drove it on Sat all day, all was fine. Then last night, for the heck of it, I decided to check the oil level on the computer.
The display showed the very bottom bar blinking. I checked the dipstick and it seems quite dry.
I immediately sent an email and left a voicemail at the shop letting them know what I found.
Just now I went to the garage to check the oil level again with the computer and dipstick. Same as before. Being impatient, I added 1/2 quart of Mobil 1 0w-40. I am waiting before I take my next measurement. There are no oil leaks on the floor in the garage.
On a side note, this same situation happened when the car was delivered to me from the previous owner. I ended up adding 1 quart of oil to the car. After I added that quart, the measurement was 1/2 way between the markers on the computer as well as the dipstick.
What should I do?
1. Wait for the indy shop to call?
2. Add more oil?
Does the X-51 engine hold more oil than a non-X51?
I want to run the car to get it up to temp, but am just nervous that I could cause real damage.
Very frustrated as I just want to drive my car in this nice weather.
-Ryan
LOL....I am overthinking this huh!! =-)
Indy called. Said there is oil in the car. I am going to top it off.
Added a total of 1 quart. Computer still says low. Oil is on dipstick 1/2 in middle of red plastic tip. How far should oil be on tip? On my VW's there are hash marks on metal dipsticks.
Have extra oil in the trunk and add if needed. I used to have oil level high and found that AOS works very hard. When I accelerate on the highway right after the engine gets warm, I get a lot of blow by mixing with condensation.
Scared me the first few times. Now the oil level is not as high (middle of the gauage and dipstick) and redlining 2nd gear merging on to highways does not scare cars behind me anymore.
I just checked the oil level again. The car is cold and has not been driven in a few hours.
The on board computer - bottom bar is now solid and not flashing.
The dip stick - wet with oil at the 1/2 way mark between the min and max according to the owners manual.
Is this sound normal?
I am thinking that I should drive the car tomorrow and check the oil level again once the car is at normal opp temp. Then report back if there is a discrepancy between the oil gauge and dipstick.
I can't say it's normal, but it is close to the same as mine. My electronic measures quite a bit lower than the dipstick. Also, completely cold (overnight) will be the lowest measurement, and for me 30 minutes is about the highest. Fair amount of expansion when warm!
My 04 986S has a dipstick, electronic measurement *and* a spare tire!
Though, oddly, I have to put it on a lift to check the transmission fluid. What's up with dat?
Thanks. I was curious as to when they phased out the old-style dipstick. I guess they started putting the elec. ones in by MY04 and then removed the sticks on the 997. We have no spares either,--but with the reliability of tires and less chance of taking a nail hit these days they really aren't needed (knock on wood). The biggest issue there is where to store the take-off.
Yes, although checking fluid levels in the manual transmissions is pretty much the same. Slightly less asinine design, though.
Just checked the Bentley manual- 97-04 Boxsters all have electronic oil measurement and a dipstick. And really dumb procedures for checking and changing transmission fluid.
Mine's a 02 and I have both the on-dash gauge and the dipstick.
I don't trust the electronic gauge, I only use it as an alert should the oil level ever drops, and I have not checked the oil in a while, which it has never happened before, my car doesn't consume oil at all, surprisingly. I'm old school, what I see is what I believe...good old trusted dipstick. Why would they even do away with that???
Btw, on numerous occasions I have had the on-dash gauge show a slightly lower reading then the dipstick. It's always lower though, never higher. That's why some people overfill their oil during oil changes, including dealership technicians, those who don't check the dipstick. I had that happen once, a whole quart! Went back to the technician, and the guy told me he was positive the electronic gauge showed exactly full. Well, guess what...the real-world dipstick showed above max.
^^^ well... that will be a pretty long tranny dipstick considering the tranny is in front of the rear wheel and the engine lid is so small.... the tranny is burried down there.\
What is the procedure for checking tranny fluid anyway?
It's simple! You put the car on the lift, remove the fill plug, and use a special Porsche-brand calibrated allen wrench into the hole. Just like my Toyota! Oh, wait...
The tip is really fun: the fill plug is on the BOTTOM of the transmission, right beside the drain plug. You check by removing the fill plug and seeing if anything drips out. (I'm not joking.) If nothing drops out, you pump fluid up until it overflows and starts pouring out the fill hole. And this is the Boxster- the trunk is sitting right on top of the transmission (complete with a slight hump to clear it), so if they put a little access port under the carpet, they could have used a 12" dipstick for it. It would not have been bad at all to put a transmission dipstick right beside the oil dipstick, it would be probably 30" long.
Are 996 transmission procedures similar?
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