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Originally Posted by ember1205
The oil is being measured from a very specific area in the engine. Not all oil is fully returned to that location when it is shut off (that would be bad). This is why your dipstick has a hashed area showing an acceptable RANGE for when you check the level as it will not be 100% consistent all of the time.
So long as the level is within that hashed area, your engine is completely safe to operate. When you do an oil change, you pour in the required amount of oil. And you make no adjustments unless a check of the oil level according to correct procedure shows that the level is wrong.
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Let it sit overnight before checking