oil fill question - RESOLVED
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Did oil change, put in 5 quarts oil, and dipstick shows full. Car sits slightly downhill. Also did oil filter. I have NNE dipstick. Should I put in the other 1.9 quarts or is it possible there's still oil in sump. I'd let it drain for about 10 minutes. I changed the oil a year ago, but don't recall this discrepancy. VIN# is SAJGX2042XC0386..
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The manual for my MY says it takes 6 qts.
If you drained it all out, then I'd put in whatever your manual says that it holds, then find a flat place to check it, but unless someone changed the oil pan or something (very unlikely) I'd go along with what the manual says.
A little more may be better than not enough, but I also hear the overfilling can cause problems with frothing and so forth. Once again, I'd go along with what the manual says.
If you drained it all out, then I'd put in whatever your manual says that it holds, then find a flat place to check it, but unless someone changed the oil pan or something (very unlikely) I'd go along with what the manual says.
A little more may be better than not enough, but I also hear the overfilling can cause problems with frothing and so forth. Once again, I'd go along with what the manual says.
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I always check oil level in my garage which is on the flat. My drive has a slight incline so I've just checked to see what difference this makes to the reading. Amazingly, it's almost one quarter of an inch on the dipstick!
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Took you'r suggestions. I added 1 quart and then ran car to operating temperature.Then on level ground I checked the oil level, and it read a quart low. Topped it off, for a total of 6.9 quarts (as/per manuel). All is well again. I thought maybe I needed the newer dipstick but I don't. Thanks for you'r suggestions!!!
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