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

[billt460]

One thing about mine, when it looks dark brown on the stick, it’s jet black in the pan.

That's just it. How a thin 1/32" film of it, (if that), looks clinging on a dipstick means nothing. A dipstick photo can make any oil look good. You can't see the bottom of the catch pan with most oils that are drained at 2,000 miles, when it's just an inch or two deep.

My HEMI takes 7 quarts. So I have a 2 quart graduated pouring pitcher I fill to accurately pour in the additional 2 quarts. I would guess the depth of the oil at the top of the 2 quart mark to be around 8 inches.

I can easily see the bottom of the pitcher clear as a bell when it's filled with the new oil. But the old oil coming out into the big drain pan isn't 2" deep. And there is no way you can see the bottom. Yet it looks almost like new on the dipstick before I drain it. And if anyone overchanges their oil, I do.

 

[ZeeOSix]

The last two are of it stone cold, first thing in the morning. Oil level looks 100% full, to the F mark on dipstick. Car mileage is 260,866 so again oil mileage is 2,103 on the @High Performance Lubricants 5W-30 NO VII oil; Oil pan was re-sealed during this OCI, several hundred miles after 0 mile on oil. 5/13/23.

From what you've shown, looks like it's right on the Full Cold mark when check stone cold, which means it should therefore be at the Full Hot mark if checked in the same parking spot 15-20 minutes after a fully hot engine shut-down.

Always wipe the dipstick first before a hot oil level check. You might be able to get away without a dipstick wipe on a stone cold level check because the oil had all night to drain off the dipstick.

 

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

2,688 miles on the HPL No VII 5-30 before the trip. Oil hot.

Same miles, checked stone cold before heading out. Wiped, checked

Here is the Ford. Stone cold and not wiped before reading. 2,715 miles on oil

 

[AutoMechanic]

Here is the dipstick out of my 2001 Jeep Cherokee that has sat since October 2014. Looks way overfilled after the third dip. Maybe where it’s been sitting and all of the oil is in the pan. I’ve never changed the oil in this particular one. It was never needed when I started changing oil then it blew up so yeah lol. 108,000 on vehicle.

 

[billt460]

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Here is the dipstick out of my 2001 Jeep Cherokee that has sat since October 2014. Looks way overfilled after the third dip. Maybe where it’s been sitting and all of the oil is in the pan. I’ve never changed the oil in this particular one. It was never needed when I started changing oil then it blew up so yeah lol. 108,000 on vehicle.

Check to see if there is a TSB concerning that. There was with my 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee. My factory installed dipstick showed over 1 quart overfilled, after a 7 quart oil change with a new filter. (The manual shows the 5.7 HEMI as a 7 quart capacity).

Turns out I found out on the Jeep Forum there were a lot of 5.7 HEMI V-8's that got released with a batch of bad dipsticks. They listed the correct part # in the TSB, and I got a new one from the dealer. It now reads perfectly full with a 7 quart oil & filter change.

 

[buster]

Close to 4k on M1 5w30 Triple Action. Look at all that action!!!

 

[Big_B]

Gm

Close to 4k on M1 5w30 Triple Action. Look at all that action!!!

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Gm 6.6L engine?

 

[buster]

Gm

Gm 6.6L engine?

GM 3.6L. (LGZ)

 

[JustN89]

Gm

Gm 6.6L engine?

I was going to guess Honda.

Edit: I was wrong!

 

[BigShug681]

Toro recycler w/Honda GCV160 probably 100 hours on unit not really sure it’s the 3rd year using it previous 2 fills were Honda 10w30 current fill Mobil1 FS 0W40 (SN)

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

Toro recycler w/Honda GCV160 probably 100 hours on unit not really sure it’s the 3rd year using it previous 2 fills were Honda 10w30 current fill Mobil1 FS 0W40 (SN) View attachment 156442

Just a guess I'd say its under a hundred miles!

 

[BigShug681]

Just a guess I'd say its under a hundred miles!

Could be but I have changed the oil, air filter and spark plug religiously, ran only ethanol free gas and ran it empty every season before storage. I figure Im close to the 100 hour mark

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

Could be but I have changed the oil, air filter and spark plug religiously, ran only ethanol free gas and ran it empty every season before storage. I figure Im close to the 100 hour mark

Yes that good I've switched my Mazda to ethanol free and my MPG went up between 2 to 4 MPG depending on the type of driving.

 

[dbias]

Dip stick pulled on my new Grand Cherokee with 3.6 Pentastar. Factory fill with 2,000 miles on the car.

 

[hardcore302]

Dark oil could either mean it's old and dirty, or that it's cleaning well.

 

[Owen Lucas]

Pretty sure this is where AI will come to reference photos of dipsticks with oil on them in the future.

 

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

Here's the HPL No VII 5W-30 with some more miles on it, day before the trip out West. Taken 30 minutes after shutdown so.. oil hot. Will update mileage in the signature. About 3,000 miles on the oil.

It didn't use a drop.

 

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

3,137 miles
HPL 5W-30 NO VII
Added 2/10ths of a quart, though I may not have even needed to.
Checked cold first thing this morning

 

[buster]

3,137 miles
HPL 5W-30 NO VII
Added 2/10ths of a quart, though I may not have even needed to.
Checked cold first thing this morning

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Do you normally have to add oil?

 

[buster]

LOL @ this entire thread.