Hey.

If my car is registering at the low level of the dipstick, How much oil would you add to bring it up to the normal mark.

This is the first time I have had to do this and would rather get some opinions so I don't have to do the trial and error thing.

Thanks in advance!

 

Half a quart?

 

i think there are 5 X's on the dipstick? which equates to 1 qt of oil. so if you are one X below full you add in 1/5 qt oil etc etc..

 

You don't need it to be at the top - just above the fill line and below the full line.

 

i know, i was just saying

 

Add a little, check level with dip stick, if still low, add a bit more and recheck.
Repeat above steps until full.

 

If one quart of Oil is the difference from top x to bottom x then by filling it to the top x you are running your engine with approx 20% more oil than the bare minimum, right?

Is there a valid benefit for using 20% more oil? Other than a safeguard for slipping below the bottom X or longer oil changes because of more fluid diluting the dirtyness?

 

^^^Good question

 

Nope.

 

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