Dipstick Reads High After OCI

[JerryBob]

Originally Posted By: Drewby83
I have the same engine. 5.5 qts is the correct amount of oil with a filter change. dipstick is tricky on the Tacoma. I check when cold and go by where the oil is solidly on the stick if that makes any sense. There is always some streaky looking oil on the dipstick which is just part of the design of it. Just a little tricky. Believe there are forums about it on tacomaworld.com. You are fine. Not sure why the poster above hated on Toyotas but I love my truck. They keep it simple. I don't have to worry about 30 different sensors breaking on the Tacoma that's for sure. Good little pick up trucks that will last and last.

Also, I use the same crush washer for a while with no issues.


I was noticing last night that the dipstick tube makes a few turns as it goes into the engine. So it seems like you get one chance to pull the dipstick out after letting it sit. On the 2nd pull, the tube is all coated with oil from the 1st pull, so the 2nd reading isn't really useful.

Thanks.

 

[ccap41]

Originally Posted By: JerryBob
I changed the factory oil on my Tacoma 6-cyl, putting in 5.5 quarts (with filter), per the manual. I poured the old oil into the Mobil1 5 quart container, until it almost overflowed, and I still had some left in the drain pan. So I am pretty sure that roughly 5.5 quarts came out of it.

However, after driving it for about 20 miles, the dipstick reads what appears to be 1 entire quart over. This was after letting it sit for 24 hours.

I also had a similar issue with my previous Tacoma (4-cyl).

I can't really drain any out unless I want to reuse the crush washer (or stick my finger in there while I try to put a new crush washer on). I also thought about just putting on a new, dry filter.

Should I obsess about this? Next time, I am putting exactly 5 quarts in, and not buying and splitting an extra quart in half.


Weird, but my last job we always had this issue with Tacomas. We would fill per spec and check and it seems fine then it would be over by quite a bit. I don't know why, but we had the same problem you're speaking of.

 

[Smokescreen]

I have never replaced the crush washer on any of my vehicles, never had weeping, never an issue on any car that I have had.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Originally Posted By: JerryBob
I changed the factory oil on my Tacoma 6-cyl, putting in 5.5 quarts (with filter), per the manual. I poured the old oil into the Mobil1 5 quart container, until it almost overflowed, and I still had some left in the drain pan. So I am pretty sure that roughly 5.5 quarts came out of it.

However, after driving it for about 20 miles, the dipstick reads what appears to be 1 entire quart over. This was after letting it sit for 24 hours.

I also had a similar issue with my previous Tacoma (4-cyl).

I can't really drain any out unless I want to reuse the crush washer (or stick my finger in there while I try to put a new crush washer on). I also thought about just putting on a new, dry filter.

Should I obsess about this? Next time, I am putting exactly 5 quarts in, and not buying and splitting an extra quart in half.


That's after checking the dipstick, with vehicle on level ground?

 

[Noobie]

Originally Posted By: Drewby83
Not sure why the poster above hated on Toyotas but I love my truck. They keep it simple. I don't have to worry about 30 different sensors breaking on the Tacoma that's for sure. Good little pick up trucks that will last and last.

Just find it irritating that the dipstick doesnt works as it should.
Also the dealer here is extremely bad. They delivered the car to me full of quality issues. Scratched rear bumper that took me almost 3 months to fix since they work so slow, bumper was not installed properly and had a slight bulge, missing plastic screws on splash guards, found out some loose electrical tape on the OBD cables when i was fiddling with it (I have a wireless OBD reader) and now theres a slight rattle.

None of this have ever happened in Korean, American and European cars that i have owned.

First and "probably" last Toyota.

 

[jacky]

toyota is the most dependable vehicle ever made

 

[Drewby83]

Originally Posted By: Noobie
Originally Posted By: Drewby83
Not sure why the poster above hated on Toyotas but I love my truck. They keep it simple. I don't have to worry about 30 different sensors breaking on the Tacoma that's for sure. Good little pick up trucks that will last and last.

Just find it irritating that the dipstick doesnt works as it should.
Also the dealer here is extremely bad. They delivered the car to me full of quality issues. Scratched rear bumper that took me almost 3 months to fix since they work so slow, bumper was not installed properly and had a slight bulge, missing plastic screws on splash guards, found out some loose electrical tape on the OBD cables when i was fiddling with it (I have a wireless OBD reader) and now theres a slight rattle.

None of this have ever happened in Korean, American and European cars that i have owned.

First and "probably" last Toyota.


I can't fault you there. We have had a similar bad experience with our Hyundai dealer and our Santa Fe.

 

[Stewie]

Originally Posted By: qdeezie
I will probably get flamed for this, but you can use your crush washer twice. I wouldn't recommend using it over two times, though.


I know people that never changed theirs.

As for overfilling, all I do is dump 4.4qt juggs(takes 4.2).

Little overfill but never hurt no one.

 

[doublebase]

Originally Posted By: qdeezie
I will probably get flamed for this, but you can use your crush washer twice. I wouldn't recommend using it over two times, though.


If you're going to get flamed...I'm going to be taken to the courtyard and stoned. I have 270,000 miles on my crush washer (roughly 90 oil changes).