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

300 miles on the VRP 5W-30, 67,574 on the motor.

I was checking the emulsion on the oil cap after sitting all night so might as well check the oil at the same time.

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New 2024 Lexus IS500 with 2060 miles now.

The oil is listed as 00279-1QT5W-01 - GTMO 5W30 CS SP WTY 10. (Toyota conventional)

Before my first oil change at 1330 miles the oil looked very clear and unchanged since new (32 miles) when I first checked. I did another 730 miles and checked my oil again. It seems to still be clear like water since I got it. Also the Lexus tech seems to have overfilled it by quite a bit as the red arrow shows.

Are there any synthetic oils which start off clear? Mobile 1, Supertech, Castrol and Valvoline all start off a bit yellowish.
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2008 Volvo XC90 3.2L | 6.5 qts. 5w-40 & 1.5 qts. 0w-40 Mobil Euro FS | 0 Miles (just changed oil) | 129,139 Miles Total

Manual calls for 7.70 quarts but with 8 quarts this is halfway below the upper top X on my level concrete garage left overnight. @himemsys I used car ramps to change the oil so maybe it got all the oil out? Do you use ramps to drain?

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2008 Volvo XC90 3.2L | 6.5 qts. 5w-40 & 1.5 qts. 0w-40 Mobil Euro FS | 0 Miles (just changed oil) | 129,139 Miles Total

Manual calls for 7.70 quarts but with 8 quarts this is halfway below the upper top X on my level concrete garage left overnight. @himemsys I used car ramps to change the oil so maybe it got all the oil out? Do you use ramps to drain?

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Yep! It's crazy how weird this engine drains oil. It seems about 5 qts come out right away, but I've learned that if I leave it draining and go do something else, over the course of about an hour, another 2 qts will drain out. And I always drain hot oil that just been driven ~20 miles. 🤷‍♂️
 
2022 Subaru Wrx
36k miles on clock
2.6k miles on oil
5qt oil inserted so slightly above the full line

What's interesting is when I used 0w20 PUP, I'd probably burn 0.5-0.75 qt over 3k miles.

Switched to 0w20 Valvoline EP and then VRP and that went down to about 0.25 qt per 3k miles.

Now that I've been on 5w30 VRP for 3 OCI, it seems to not burn any/negligible amount.

Thicker viscosity is probably why?
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