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

[Nesterenko]

2004 Ford Taurus, in sig.
Oil: CAM2 Semi Synthetic 5W-20. ILSAC GF-6A/API SPView attachment 149210

Miles on oil: 8

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A filter cut-open awaits a separate thread.

Love those catch words on the Cam 2 bottle. Super, Max, Pro. It's just a regular syn blend. No more, no less. They forgot Ultra and Nano etc.

 

[Oliveoil2]

Engine mileage is also important when looking at a dipstick reading.

 

[GR_CoB]

It ain't the size of your dipstick, it's how you work it.

Here is Dry VS Wet on 2002 Honda Reflex 250CC, liquid-cooled scooter. Oil is Mobil1 Racing 4T 10W-40, 900 miles on that fill. 28,571.4 miles on the scooter.

 

[Big_B]

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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That oil is doing some cleaning eh?

 

[OVERKILL]

That oil is doing some cleaning eh?

Looks like it might be, the 6.4 is even dirtier running than the 5.7L, lol.

 

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

Hot HPL No VII 5W-30
152,885 miles on engine
Unknown maintenance.

836 miles on oil

I can barely see it on there. Dipstick shots are hard.

Blot test of same

Pan and filter shots are available in an early OF change on this one, as well.

 

[ZeeOSix]

I can barely see it on there. Dipstick shots are hard.
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Looks way over full.

 

[BigShug681]

Looks way over full.

I’d even venture to say it looks like it’s been drained once and filled twice

 

[53' Stude]

Looks way over full.

 

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

Looks way over full.

I’d even venture to say it looks like it’s been drained once and filled twice

If you're looking at the first photo.. look at the bottom right. There is a clean break in the oil, about the same distance maybe a smidgen more of the top hole to the notch. That "notch" is a "Maximum full when hot" notation; I didn't know that at first, either. It was pointed out to me. So while it may be overfull.. what is happening, is, one bank is an external leak (under pressure, just to make it all fun) from a head gasket, where they like to leak, and, golly, that's HPL oil being pushed out. Infuriating. The HPL has presently been depleted and that problem will be remedied soon.

The bottom shots are when you have to tilt your dipstick back and forth to get a good shot.

I’d even venture to say it looks like it’s been drained once and filled twice

Care to correct your statement? It's nowhere near twice the oil capacity overfull.

(Though.. checking oil on a hot engine.. usually not the most accurate. Checking cold, like first thing in the morning if possible, is preferable. Unless your engine says to do it differently..)

 

[ZeeOSix]

If you're looking at the first photo.. look at the bottom right. There is a clean break in the oil, about the same distance maybe a smidgen more of the top hole to the notch. That "notch" is a "Maximum full when hot" notation; I didn't know that at first, either. It was pointed out to me.

It looks to be around the red arrow area. Check it cold, should be at the top hole (by the "F" stamp) from what you're describing.

 

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

It looks to be around the red arrow area. Check it cold, should be at the top hole (by the "F" stamp) from what you're describing.

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Over 900 miles on the HPL oil. (I wish I could let it achieve a clean break. This is after wipe, then reinsert. Angles and moving dipstick etc.) Checked first thing in the morning cold. With Flash and without. HPL No VII 5W-30

The Ford. Mileage increased likewise.. can't start it to get it to display odo. Pulled not wiped, this one is easier to read. CAM2 5W-20 Synthetic Blend
133,284 miles on car.. see Zero Mile in sig for math

 

[CleanSump]

2008 MB E320 w/OM642 V6 Diesel.
~157, 700 miles on engine.
~4700 miles on Castrol LL 5W-30.

"Black is Black. I want my baby back."

 

[CleanSump]

So rather than going to the Doctor for a blood test do you just pull out a small pen knife and go on color?

Yes. Bright Red is good. Darkish, not so good.
True story; We had a Major that during pre-flights would ask me "D_____, did you bleed on it?" If I said yes, he would say it was good enough for him.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Over 900 miles on the HPL oil. (I wish I could let it achieve a clean break. This is after wipe, then reinsert. Angles and moving dipstick etc.) Checked first thing in the morning cold. With Flash and without. HPL No VII 5W-30

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Same photo with exposure and shadow tweaks.

 

[4WD]

Can you just picture a lurker finding this as his 1st thread

 

[BigShug681]

130100 miles now on the crown Vic 3500 miles on the HPL HDEO 5w40 CK4 still lookin good

 

[Trashman]

2000 Camry 2.2 5SFE, 240,073 miles on car
452 miles on Mobil Clean 5,000 5W-30 and Toyota 90915-YZZF2 filter

 

[53' Stude]

2000 Camry 2.2 5SFE, 240,073 miles on car
452 miles on Mobil Clean 5,000 5W-30 and Toyota 90915-YZZF2 filter

I was using Mobil Super 5k for long time when it was cheap at Rural King. Now it’s expensive so I don’t use it much anymore.

 

[Trashman]

I was using Mobil Super 5k for long time when it was cheap at Rural King. Now it’s expensive so I don’t use it much anymore.

Mine has been hanging out in my garage for about 5 or 6 years, I got it on rebate for about 6 or 7 bucks for a 5 quart jug, back before everything went through the roof. I have way more oil than I probably should, but it was all purchased on rebate. Sometimes I still wander down the oil aisle, then realize I've already got way more than I know what to do with