This is a re-post of something I posted on the Honda CR-V owners forum:
I got 2 free oil changes with my 2016 CR-V EX when I bought it in February of 2020 with 19,877 miles on it. Now in October with 23,558 miles on it the oil life went down to 20 % so I got it changed for free at the Honda dealer last week. Being a regular viewer and poster on the web site BITOG I have read about some of the horror stories other have had with oil changes done at quick lube places and dealers of other brands of vehicles. So after I got the vehicle back, before I would even drive it off the dealers lot, I drove it to a different section of there large property where there was a level piece of ground and checked the oil. I was surprised that the oil did NOT fill in the top hole on the dip stick. I checked it many times, and only one time did the top hole show oil filling it. So I took it back to the service department and went back in and spoke to the woman in charge of the service department. She asked "Did you let it sit for 15 minutes before checking it." I said no. She said "Check it again after it sits for 15 minutes." I said it is not on level ground now. She said that she would have someone pull in in to the staging area where it was flat and let it sit for 15 minutes and then have it checked. So someone pulled it in, shut it off, and let it sit. But shortly after it got in one young man said he wanted to see what the oil level read now. She said you have to let it sit for 15 minutes. But he opened the hood and checked it without waiting and said it reads low. Then about 12 minutes later he read it again and it read OK. He let me check it myself and the top hole was filled with oil when I checked it.
So, along with being on level ground, another thing you have to do to get a good reading on the oil level is to let it sit for 15 minutes without the engine running before you check it, to get an accurate reading. I did not know that before.
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Stay safe everyone.
I got 2 free oil changes with my 2016 CR-V EX when I bought it in February of 2020 with 19,877 miles on it. Now in October with 23,558 miles on it the oil life went down to 20 % so I got it changed for free at the Honda dealer last week. Being a regular viewer and poster on the web site BITOG I have read about some of the horror stories other have had with oil changes done at quick lube places and dealers of other brands of vehicles. So after I got the vehicle back, before I would even drive it off the dealers lot, I drove it to a different section of there large property where there was a level piece of ground and checked the oil. I was surprised that the oil did NOT fill in the top hole on the dip stick. I checked it many times, and only one time did the top hole show oil filling it. So I took it back to the service department and went back in and spoke to the woman in charge of the service department. She asked "Did you let it sit for 15 minutes before checking it." I said no. She said "Check it again after it sits for 15 minutes." I said it is not on level ground now. She said that she would have someone pull in in to the staging area where it was flat and let it sit for 15 minutes and then have it checked. So someone pulled it in, shut it off, and let it sit. But shortly after it got in one young man said he wanted to see what the oil level read now. She said you have to let it sit for 15 minutes. But he opened the hood and checked it without waiting and said it reads low. Then about 12 minutes later he read it again and it read OK. He let me check it myself and the top hole was filled with oil when I checked it.
So, along with being on level ground, another thing you have to do to get a good reading on the oil level is to let it sit for 15 minutes without the engine running before you check it, to get an accurate reading. I did not know that before.
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Stay safe everyone.