Wariming up your car to check oil level is one of the dumest advices from the /o/ industry. > Waste your time warming up an engine to then waste it some more waiting for it to cool down and for all the oil to be back in the pan>If you dont have enough oil, blow your engine before you realised it>If you are too eager, burn yourself for the sake of "accurate" readingReal chads check their engine oil level, COLD, then drive off into the sunset. No waiting, no blown engine, no burning.
>>28706046My car only allows the oil check when the engine is cold, I'm pretty sure.Doesn't even have a dipstick.
Why does a low, barely above minimum engine oil level make me nervous? Is it innate?
>>28706054It's a bad sign of things to come. Ideally your oil level should never drop that low if you change it during every service.
>>28706059I've been in a pickle for 2 weeks anon,I changed my oil 2 weeks ago, I poured about 4,5L into it (I dont really know, the 5L bottle stops its reading at about that level)Later that day I checked oil level and its low, barely above the minimum. I then poured an additional 0,5L Because I read online that the quantity between MIN and MAX level on the dipstick is 1L.I checked oil level again yesterday and its still there at barely above minimum. Manual says oil quantity is 5,1LYes Im sure there is no leak, I wiped the area around the oil plug and waited. I have to get down under there again but first I have to buy more oil. But this will take time to arrive, I hope I dont blow the engine by then.So either I'm supposed to pour in way more that 5,1L or something is wrong. But I dont think its an oil leak. Pouring 4,5L was on purpose because the dealer would always overfill it, to the point the car would tell me after every oil change by them that the level is too high.
>>28706066That has to be a leak, unless you drove like several thousand miles and the engine is drinking oil.
>>28706066>~400ml of oil lost a day>if leakage: swimmable pools under the car>if burning: smoke machine that causes traffic accidentsSomething's wrong here. Probably drained the diff and poured motor oil in the expansion tank.
>>28706046ive never heard of checking your engine oil when warm.thats only for slushboxes, not engines.wtf
>>28706046audi and bmw both require the engine be at operating temperature before the retarded electronic oil level readout in the infotainment will tell you anything
>>28706112lmao
>>28706129The opposite for my Volvo, you can only see the oil level if the engine is off, and the manual suggests waiting after you've driven before checking it.
>>28706176The Volvo T5 takes up most of it's ~5L oil capacity while it's running. If you checked the level at operating temp you'd put twice as much oil in the engine, and that tends to make them unhappy.
>>28706046U wot m8? Who says this? Cold is when you check the oil level.
>>28706046I check my oil when it's warm and on an incline. What?
>>28706046Never heard of this.
>>28706279>measur.>N or Pthis is some chink bullshit.fuck right off
>>28706279>Electronic measurement>One more thing to waste your time>One more thing that can breakPlease tell me this is optional. Please tell me you can still check the lvl the old fasion way
>>28706046>Wariming up your car to check oil levelWho the fuck ever said to do this?Are you confusing checking your oil with changing it?
>>28706112>>28706074>>28706066>Changed oil, checked level, barely in safe zoneWithout starting the motor? New filter? It will drop when that element gets soaked the first time. >Dropped ~1/2L in a day then level didn't move noticeably for two weeksI almost certain it's in the filter>I put 5.0L in my 5.1L capacity engine, and it's slightly lowI mean... Yes? Why isn't that what you expected? >Dealer overfills it to the point a light comes onThey probably hire chimpanzees and then rush them.Anon stop being neurotic. Odds are good you could leave it alone until your next oil change at this point and be fine. If you want to buy a liter and chuck it in for peace of mind that would be fine too. Or half of it. Or check it twice a day if it makes you happy. >>28706048>>28706274NuBMWs usually have the dipstick in the driver's seat
>>28706281That's electronic sensors. Not a dipstick. Are you fucking dumb?
>>28706293>>28706281Are you a bot engaged by op?
>>28706303This thread is about checking your oil with a dipstick, in which op said its common practice to check it when warm.
>>28706308>No mention of dipsticks in OP
>>28706046As long as your engine is turned off it doesn't make a goddamn bit of difference either way, hot or cold. That is if your engine is equipped with a dipstick, where you can actually see the level and color with your own eyes.
Dipsticks used to have cold and hot marks at the ideal fill range along with the low/high hatch marks.You guys are all idiots, but that's a problem of society by design.
>>28706334>Dipsticks used to have cold and hot marks>You guys are all idiotsI dont get it, how did we go from one to the other?Those two assertions seem totally independent of each other. At least one of them is also false btw, I'm not an idiot.
>>28706066When was the last time you replaced your pcv valve?
>>28706334As long as it's within the hatchmarks, you're good to go, at any temperature. And as anyone who's checked a dipstick in hot and cold conditions knows, the difference is very slight compared to that safe range.
>>28706046Real Chads have an electronic dipstick and only open the hood to top off fully synthetic 5w40.
>>28706389this but 10w40 because I never see snow.
>>28706389HA
>>28706389alpha males have a small window to check oil level.
>>28706046>all the oil to be back in the panNowrench basement dweller detected.Think about that for a minute.If it takes longer for the oil to drain back than it does to pump through the engine, the engine would oil starve itself after a couple of minutes of running and every engine would seize on the drive home from the dealership.99.95% of the oil is back in the pan between shutting it off and popping the hood.Otherwise you'd hit some x+1 formula where oil slowly accumulates in the top of the engine until theres nothing lwft in the pan and you'd have to shut it off after Y amount of minutes to let it drain back.
>>28706462>just trust me broEvery source which says to check the oil lvel after warm up also says to wait after said warm up and one of the reasons statedis for the oil to go back in there.
>>28706350I said you're an idiot by society's design, I didn't say you lack intelligent capacity.>>28706363Blah blah blah whats next youre going to tell me a battery, oil pressure, and tach guage is unnecessary.
I had a 4.0 cologne that consistently ran on low oil. Everything is a meme.
>>28706462>Nowrench basement dweller detectedthat projection>99.95% of the oil is back in the pan between shutting it off and popping the hood.you've clearly never read a service manual you retard. pic related, Nissan VK56VD, 6.5 quarts for a oil filter and cahnge, 7.6 quarts for a overhaul. And this assumes the car was sitting around for a while for it all to drain back in to the pan for a oil change anyways.
>>28706699>quartsliters
>>28706701Lorts and queeters.
>>28706046True. Always check when cold.
>>28706048>My car only allowsIt's not your car then, it's the manufacturers.
>>28706046Nah. You run the engine just long enough to loosen up the oil so it flows easier. It doesn't take that long and not enough to burn you.
>>28706316>do not fill past upper mark or it will damage the enginebullshit, autocross guys run 1 quart overfull on m54's to avoid starvation in corners.
>>28706466>>28706699Fucking retards.>after 30 seconds of running you need to wait another 30 seconds for 0.1 quarts to drain back into the pan because it "takes time to drain back".>after 60 seconds you have 0.2 quarts>after 5 minutes its 1 quart>after 30 minutes its 6 quarts>after an hour your engine seizes.
>>28707502>fucking retards>proceeds to talk in 'quarts"lmao.
>newer cars have no dipsticks, can't check for clarity, presence of coolant or metal chips>no manual handbrake to use as a backup for actual brakes>shit like limp modeThings like these keep me away from nushit, just fucking pathetic
