12-16-2016, 09:33 AM | #15 |
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Check your oil no sooner than 20 minutes after you have shut off the engine. Then if it is still in the area as shown in your picture you will need about a QT of oil to fill it back up. I would then watch it like a hawk as you should not be burning oil. Even new these cars should not be burning much oil if any.
Good news is that as long as you see oil in the hash marks you are in the safe zone so don't worry about having done any damage. |
12-16-2016, 09:42 AM | #16 |
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Yash....look at page 208 in the owners manual...... Mine was the same way in the beginning, but no issues with level now that I'm past that break in mark.
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12-16-2016, 10:16 AM | #17 | |
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12-16-2016, 10:31 AM | #18 |
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12-16-2016, 10:48 AM | #19 |
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this waiting after filling the oil is news to me. I've been changing my own oil for decades and all I did was get the engine up to operating temp, drain, replace filter /oil. Start it up for a minute and check. Top off if necessary.
I was doing this under the impression that the hash marks indicate proper oil level for operation. So if you're checking after all the oil has drained down then when it you start it back up it will be low. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, hell I don't know everything. I just have never heard this before today.
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12-16-2016, 10:54 AM | #20 | |
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12-16-2016, 10:59 AM | #21 |
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Anywhere inside the cross-hatch area is fine. Bottom to the top of the cross-hatch area = 1qt.
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12-19-2016, 06:04 AM | #22 |
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Here is an update for all....
I added half a quart while at a gas station on the way to D.C. I made an overnight stop and next morning checked and saw the oil about quarter of the way up the crosshatch area. That's about 1100 miles on the car. I added another half a quart and now I am sitting at 3/4 of the way up. I am at a little over 1400 miles now. Thanks everyone for the advice
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