Castrol Edge bottle measuring line unuseable

[Olas]

Eyeball enough to get it close and check he dipstick as you pour in the last qt.

Never throw away dregs either, save em up and eventually you get a free oil change!

There's always a solution, if you're prepared to look for it.

 

[Stewie]

Originally Posted By: Olas
Eyeball enough to get it close and check he dipstick as you pour in the last qt.

Never throw away dregs either, save em up and eventually you get a free oil change!

There's always a solution, if you're prepared to look for it.


I didn't have any other bottle to throw away the old oil or save the extra.

 

[Olas]

Originally Posted By: Stewie
Originally Posted By: Olas
Eyeball enough to get it close and check he dipstick as you pour in the last qt.

Never throw away dregs either, save em up and eventually you get a free oil change!

There's always a solution, if you're prepared to look for it.


I didn't have any other bottle to throw away the old oil or save the extra.


But it was already *in* a bottle, right?

 

[Stewie]

Originally Posted By: Olas
Originally Posted By: Stewie
Originally Posted By: Olas
Eyeball enough to get it close and check he dipstick as you pour in the last qt.

Never throw away dregs either, save em up and eventually you get a free oil change!

There's always a solution, if you're prepared to look for it.


I didn't have any other bottle to throw away the old oil or save the extra.


But it was already *in* a bottle, right?


How do you do if you don't got a dipstick?

 

[Garak]

I can't measure squat properly from any markings on any oil jug. I have a measuring jug from Partsource or Peavey Mart, I forget which, that has a capacity around 4.5 litres, and measures much more accurately than I really need to (i.e. something like 100 mL graduations). However, it comes in very handy because I use a few oddball container sizes, particularly due to using HDEOs. A five gallon pail has to be measured into something, after all.

 

[Garak]

Additionally, perhaps it's just revenge by the jug manufacturer for Wakefield's bizarre 4.4 L size, or the fact that they adore using three different sizes of jugs, being the 4 L, 4.4 L, and 5 L.

 

[Stewie]

Originally Posted By: Garak
Additionally, perhaps it's just revenge by the jug manufacturer for Wakefield's bizarre 4.4 L size, or the fact that they adore using three different sizes of jugs, being the 4 L, 4.4 L, and 5 L.


IKR!

They don't make sense!

 

[dparm]

Originally Posted By: Stewie
Originally Posted By: dparm
I'm at a bit of a loss why people are trying to measure out such specific quantities.

My current car and 2 previous cars had 9 qt sumps. I did not measure 9 quarts exactly -- I poured in "about 8" and then just kept checking the dipstick until it showed in the "OK" zone. I don't even know the exact quantity that went in. It's not like there's going to be a catastrophic problem if I put in 8.9 quarts.


1 liter less in a 4 liters oil sump does make a difference.

Likewise if you overfill it with 1 extra liter you will see some funny blue smoke coming out of its tail.



No argument there, but how are you overfilling or underfilling by a whole liter? Even if my reaction time is slow, I'd still be able to keep it within a 1/4 L.

 

[Stewie]

Originally Posted By: dparm
Originally Posted By: Stewie
Originally Posted By: dparm
I'm at a bit of a loss why people are trying to measure out such specific quantities.

My current car and 2 previous cars had 9 qt sumps. I did not measure 9 quarts exactly -- I poured in "about 8" and then just kept checking the dipstick until it showed in the "OK" zone. I don't even know the exact quantity that went in. It's not like there's going to be a catastrophic problem if I put in 8.9 quarts.


1 liter less in a 4 liters oil sump does make a difference.

Likewise if you overfill it with 1 extra liter you will see some funny blue smoke coming out of its tail.



No argument there, but how are you overfilling or underfilling by a whole liter? Even if my reaction time is slow, I'd still be able to keep it within a 1/4 L.


When you look through the hole instead of the line, you can't really make out how much is left in the bottle when it's almost empty.

Example: I needed 4L in my engine from 5L bottle but I couldn't see anything so I eyeballed it instead by looking inside with a flash light when the bottle was low.

 

[WiskyBadger]

Originally Posted By: bvance554
Originally Posted By: dparm
I'm at a bit of a loss why people are trying to measure out such specific quantities.


Right? I've never measured oil so precisely. My Cruze takes 4.8 qts so i put in the better part of 5 qts. I'll leave a little behind and check it later. Measuring cups??
Our Impala takes 4.5 qts, Ill gaurantee Ive put in more then that every time. Other two vehicles take perfect qt amounts, 4 and 6 so thats easy.

 

[HTSS_TR]

Originally Posted By: Stewie
When you look through the hole instead of the line, you can't really make out how much is left in the bottle when it's almost empty.

Example: I needed 4L in my engine from 5L bottle but I couldn't see anything so I eyeballed it instead by looking inside with a flash light when the bottle was low.

If you saved few liter/quart bottles you can use it to save a liter from 5 liters jug, the remaining is 4 liters for your engine.

Some jugs/bottles have clear line and some don't.

 

[Garak]

Originally Posted By: Stewie
Example: I needed 4L in my engine from 5L bottle but I couldn't see anything so I eyeballed it instead by looking inside with a flash light when the bottle was low.

Just wait until Walmart Canada or CT gets one of their perplexing pallets of GTX in 4 L jugs.

I can't say I've seen either black or gold bottle in 4 L jugs, but the GTX does on occasion for a promotion. Equally odd is that M1 will turn up in 4 L jugs for specials, on occasion.

 

[Stewie]

Originally Posted By: Garak
Originally Posted By: Stewie
Example: I needed 4L in my engine from 5L bottle but I couldn't see anything so I eyeballed it instead by looking inside with a flash light when the bottle was low.

Just wait until Walmart Canada or CT gets one of their perplexing pallets of GTX in 4 L jugs.

I can't say I've seen either black or gold bottle in 4 L jugs, but the GTX does on occasion for a promotion. Equally odd is that M1 will turn up in 4 L jugs for specials, on occasion.


Thanks for the suggestion.

I already bought a measuring cup from the dollar store $1

The only reason I filled with 4L was b/c I didn't change the filter.

Usually fills the engine fine with 4.4L

 

[Garak]

Yes, a measuring cup would work dandy. For me, though, I just have the big oil jug thing with graduations, which is very handy since I've been known to use 5 gallon pails.

 

[Stewie]

Originally Posted By: Garak
Yes, a measuring cup would work dandy. For me, though, I just have the big oil jug thing with graduations, which is very handy since I've been known to use 5 gallon pails.

Which one? I fear using one if I were to get a pail because the exact measurement 4.4L is not the full bottle but rather 5 inches below the full bottle.

 

[marine65]

I had the same problem.My Sentra takes 3 quarts and it was awful to read the strip on the jug.
So the next time I bought Valvoline synthetic and the jug was easy to read.
I just want to change my oil and not pretend I'm cooking with extra measuring gadgets.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

And Castrol's non-Edge oils don't even have a clear window at all!

 

[Garak]

Originally Posted By: Stewie
Which one? I fear using one if I were to get a pail because the exact measurement 4.4L is not the full bottle but rather 5 inches below the full bottle.

It looks just like this:

 

[gfh77665]

I pour oil in up close to full, then to top if off exactly, I inject droplets via a microliter syringe to get it to the nearest nanometer to the full mark on the dipstick.

Better living through chemistry, you see.

 

[Stewie]

Originally Posted By: Garak
Originally Posted By: Stewie
Which one? I fear using one if I were to get a pail because the exact measurement 4.4L is not the full bottle but rather 5 inches below the full bottle.

It looks just like this:

Where did you get that?