Hello my fellow oil enthusiast! Hope you all are having a wonderful day.
I have a couple questions that I was thinking about and they have my curiosity.
Question #1. Is it best to change your vehicles oil when it’s cold or when the oil is hot from the engine getting up to operating temperature?
Question #2. Is it true that most engines, even when you drain the oil, will still hold up to half a quart of oil internally? Is this is the case, wouldn’t it be best to put half a quart less in at the oil change then what the vehicles manual says so that when it’s checked it will be at the full mark and not overfilled?
Question #3. Should you check your engines oil level when the engine is cold or up to operating temperature? Reason I ask this one is because when oil gets hot it expands and can cause the reading in the dipstick to show half a quart to much oil.
Can’t wait to read everyone’s answers. Enjoy the rest of your day my fellow oil enthusiast! Cheers.
I have a couple questions that I was thinking about and they have my curiosity.
Question #1. Is it best to change your vehicles oil when it’s cold or when the oil is hot from the engine getting up to operating temperature?
Question #2. Is it true that most engines, even when you drain the oil, will still hold up to half a quart of oil internally? Is this is the case, wouldn’t it be best to put half a quart less in at the oil change then what the vehicles manual says so that when it’s checked it will be at the full mark and not overfilled?
Question #3. Should you check your engines oil level when the engine is cold or up to operating temperature? Reason I ask this one is because when oil gets hot it expands and can cause the reading in the dipstick to show half a quart to much oil.
Can’t wait to read everyone’s answers. Enjoy the rest of your day my fellow oil enthusiast! Cheers.