Post a photo of your oil on dipstick (with miles)

[flash7210]

1,400 miles

Too high

 

[Kira]

14 miles?

 

[flash7210]

14 miles?

Closer
And at 14 miles it would look like that.

But actual miles is roughly 20 times that number

 

[53' Stude]

Closer
And at 14 miles it would look like that.

But actual miles is roughly 20 times that number

Well, I was somewhat close. All diesels I e ever worked on; 5 minutes after oil change oil looks blacker than black

 

[flash7210]

Well, I was somewhat close. All diesels I e ever worked on; 5 minutes after oil change oil looks blacker than black

Bingo

 

[FCD]

So you want a dippic from me? .... lewd
1988 Ford Escort XR3i , 130k miles.

Around 5000 miles on this oil, Repsol Elite 10w40 Full synthetic.

 

[ziggy]

4 months 3300 miles 98 LeSabre.monday doing oil change

 

[OVERKILL]

Couldn't really capture the oil level, it's windy as all hell, but you can see it's pretty dark. Jeep is on an uphill slope, so it shows it being down a bit, but I'll have to check on level ground. OLM is at 38%, oil has roughly 8,000km on it (4,971 miles), oil is HPL Super Car 0W-40.

 

[53' Stude]

Couldn't really capture the oil level, it's windy as all hell, but you can see it's pretty dark. Jeep is on an uphill slope, so it shows it being down a bit, but I'll have to check on level ground. OLM is at 38%, oil has roughly 8,000km on it (4,971 miles), oil is HPL Super Car 0W-40.
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Appears HPL is cleaning or working well. We just had a reported tornado 11 miles west of me

 

[ziggy]

Napa

4 months 3300 miles 98 LeSabre.monday doing oil change

That is 2013 Pennzoil ultra synthetic,10w30 and Napa gold oil filter.

 

[Snagglefoot]

3500 miles on Pennzoil Platinum Euro 0w30 in Chev Suburban 6.0 with 243,000 miles. I’ll change it a 5,000 miles and in goes Euro 5w40.

 

[Greasymechtech]

Color on dipstick means nothing. Film on dipstick is too thin. You need to put a sample in clear glass test tube or shot glass to better visualize the color

 

[EA82]

04 E-150 With 1.5k.
Already added some make up oil.

2011 Camry 2.8k.

2017 4runner 3.5k

 

[OneLonelyBurrito]

2023 Mazda CX-50 2.5 N/A with about 7000 miles on the original factory fill.

 

[Paco Pena]

Is this the new version of **** Pic's?

Paco

 

[UncleDave]

To the color means nothing guys.

Let's say grandma on social security or totally broke student/ single mom rolls into your shop or asks you for advice.

They dont know anything about this cars maintenance history except that it's been driven the past week or so and fully warmed every day.


You pull the stick and it looks like this.





You're going to recommend they spend money right now on an oil and filter change because color means nothing.

 

[mt23]

14,400 miles of HPL 0w30 premium passenger car engine oil.

2018 Subaru Forester with 93,400 miles (level is full but by the time I fidgeted with the camera to get it right in the light the oil line isnt definitive for image)

 

[ziggy]

2008 Malibu 2.4L about 1500mi on the oil over 6 months. driven daily for about 2 miles 2 and from work/

Synthetic or conventional? Brand and weight of oil?

 

[blufeb95]

Synthetic or conventional? Brand and weight of oil?

Pennzoil Platinum High Mileage 5W-30

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

Synthetic or conventional? Brand and weight of oil?

You need to get with Jim on the old series Taxi to get the real scoop!
The way its done