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

2003 Honda Civic EX
185962 miles on engine
3153 miles on oil
Castrol Euro 5W40
I added .5qt at 1100 miles and .5qt at 2300 miles. Strange that it took only 1100 miles for the oil level to drop to 50% for the first two 1000 mile increments, and now after 830 miles it's only just a hair below the full mark. I hope the trend continues! BTW, tomorrow I am doing an oil change and switching to VRP 5W30. I'm curious how the oil consumption will fare on the new, thinner oil.
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This was couple of weeks ago, Amsoil 0w16 with 4,500 miles I think. 187,000 miles on the car

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The dipstick doesn't look like it belongs to a 190k mile car lol. Just so you know, I used Mobil 1 in a good 160k miles so Amsoil doesn't get the credit here lol.

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2018 Kia Soul+ 2.0 GDI - 124,470 miles
Mobil Super Synthetic 5W30 - Hyundai/Kia filter
2652 miles on this oil
8 ounces added to top off since last change

Oil has never looked this clean before at 2600 miles. Oil consumption is down significantly, too.

Last OCI was with PUP 10W30 and I'm thinking that it cleaned out deposits that BG EPR and Rislone treatments missed. Also, when the PUP as in, I did a 20-minute hard run at 3000+ RPM after putting Techron in the tank and filling it with E15; the ol' Italian Tune-Up might have actually done something.

Would take about 4 ounces to bring it up to the Full mark at normal operating temperature.
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odie said:
New '25 KIA Soul oil level . The other '25 had the same level from factory .

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Each row of dots in the safe zone is ~2 ounces of oil.

Based on my experience, the level will read two rows higher when the engine is warm versus when it is cold. With your reading taken after sitting 45 minutes, adding 4 ounces of oil should bring it just below the Full line at normal operating temperature.
 
Plan to do O.C. in next few weeks or 250 miles . Will use PENNZOIL Ultra Platinum 0w-20 with O.E.M. filter w/ crush washer . Should take close to 4+1/4 quarts to get to the FULL line .
 
2018 Honda CRV
46701 miles on car
313 miles on oil (changed a month ago)
Valvoline Restore and Protect 5W30
0 qts added.

I don't like this dipstick. Too hard to read. The oil level is right at the full mark, but the entire orange surface looks "oily" which makes it seem to be overfilled.
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Because it is the BITOG way. I rented a 15ft U-Haul trick and auto transport for a one way from NY to VA. Of course I checked the oil before I did the 500 miles. It was in between marks but low side for me. I threw in 3/4qt of plain vanilla M1 5W-30 and brought it to full.

The truck part was a 2025 Ford E450 with just over 1000 miles on it. I didn't know they were still making/selling the Econoline thing. I thought it was all Ford Transit's now. Quick search shows it as the dual axle cutaway at cab for the box trucks. This thing was BASIC. Not even power mirrors or windows. At least it had a plain single DIN radio that connected via USB plug or Bluetooth.

The dipstick is like a cork screw.

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bbhero said:
Blood can change in viscosity though.. thinning from blood thinners or thicken a lot from very high blood glucose levels…

Just my observation but people on blood thinners I have noticed their blood did not have a normal regular red color to it. It was typically a little bit lighter vs say my blood which I don’t take warfarin.
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Nonsense. "Blood thinners" are anti-coagulants...they do NOTHING to the viscosity of the blood, nor the color. "Blood thinners" is a dumb-downed label that almost all medical people use with laypeople which is frankly insulting and inaccurate. Anticoagulants work in several different manners to prevent or resist or to slow down the processes that result in blood clotting...which can be useful, or can be deadly...depends upon the conditions at the time. Blood Color comes from the relative oxygen saturation of the Hemoglobin molecules in the red cells..it has NOTHING to do with anticoagulants nor glucose. Glucose does not "thicken" the viscosity of the blood either...not to the point that it could be detectable by anything other than an extremely sensitive viscometer equipment. If someone has a glucose of 100 compared to a glucose of 500, there'd be no discernable difference in blood pressure (which is a byproduct of cardiac output and systemic vascular resistance...the latter due to a combination of vascular patency, tone and viscosity). Color of oil on a dipstick is about as useful and accurate as calling anticoagulants by their incorrect name: "blood thinners".
 
2018 CRV 500 miles on oil. VRP 5W30. The oil is getting slightly darker, but nowhere near black yet. On the previous OCI (Castrol Euro 5W40) the oil was black by 1700 miles. Going to track this every 100 miles or so here so I can see when the major color changes occur. BTW, there was no available sunlight so I used a flash this time.
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'25 ( New ) KIA Soul LX Mars Orange : 2.0 Ltr. ( M.P.I. ) . Factory fill was below FULL , same LEVEL for the other '25 SOUL LX . New oil LEVEL at or slightly above FULL .

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