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When you fill up your car, check your oil AFTER you've filled up and paid, and maybe cleaned your windscreen. This gives your oil a chance to drain back into the sump to give you a better indication of your oil levels.Quote:
Originally Posted by elim
The best is when cold as this gives true indication on oil level as it has settled all the way to the bottom. When its hot it would have moved around etc and will not give you the correct readings.
I check when is cold until it reach the upper mark on the dip stick
a bit over is ok but not too much.
so hot or cold?
i check mine when the temp is ready normal, and i turn the car off, wait around 10mins and then check it while the engine is still warm.
best to check when it is COLD!
mixed answers, guys at hanny's told me to warm it up, shut it off and check the dipstick in a few minutes time.
That's what i've always done with my cars, if you top it up you should run for a few min to circulate then turn off for a few min then check. Don't be in a rush and take shortcuts as it could cost you more than a little time in the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by elim
If you use way to much oil and I mean say 5-10mm above the line and start giving your Honda "What for" you run a chance on poping a few seals ie cam seals and crank shaft seals due to to much pressure I did it in one of my old AH's about a month ago, it had a cracked ring but it still whent hard so I took it to the track and toped the oil up cause I knew it would burn it up asap and it ended poping a cam seal, I was hitting 7000 rpm and pissing oil out from the top, it wasnt that bad and the old girl got me home.
when we service Honda's we always fill jast past the line 5mm then start the car up for 1 min then shut off, wait 2 min and check level then top up just past the line,
(this method only works when replacing the oil filter as well)
thats what Honda Aus Recomend and how it is done through every dealership
not sure if it would make a big deal, but i always put in abit more oil in so that when i race out on track it has more chance of being collected by the oil pump while going around hard corners... i know, thats what baffle sumps are for... but just been told that this works fine!
yet, are you guys just talking about daily driving levels?
I'm surprised they haven't built a more tolerant "safety" limit into the dipstick measurement to make it harder for people to overfill.
Mine's just over the 'dot' by several mm. It's hard to measure it exactly as it's new oil and there's a thin smear that ends just above the dot and a thicker smear below. Hmmms... it was just serviced today!
Measured after a good 15 minute test-drive on the freeway, stopped ... filled up half tank of BP ultimate before checking the dipstick.
Mine was also 5-7mm above max when cold. I went under to drain the oil out. It's quite irritating. I think they do that so that if the engine burns any oil, the oil level won't be lower than minimum by the next service interval.
i heard the best time is when cold, top up, close up the cap then turn on the engine, leave it for 20 seconds and turn it off.
then take out the dipstick, clean it, stick it in and measure.