Is it just me that thinks its impossible to tell how much oil is in the damn engine?!

[Daz.]

F7R - check dip stick, fill with oil check again - job done.

F4R - check dip stick, wtf? wheres the oil level? check again, check a third time, fourth time - ok its there - right so how much to put it, start off with a little, no change, little more, wtf wheres the level gone again? little but more - oh ffs its over max now.

Never had a car thats been so hard to gauge how much oil is in - perspex bottom ends FTW!

So the question is where on the sip stick is the optimum oil level point and how accurate is it?!

 

[Fred@BTM]

Re: Is it just me that thinks its impossible to tell how much oil is in the damn engi

the max mark is generally the optimum on all engines!

 

[Daz.]

Re: Is it just me that thinks its impossible to tell how much oil is in the damn engi

 

[Hutchie]

Re: Is it just me that thinks its impossible to tell how much oil is in the damn engi

your alowed to overfill by a few mm and not have any side effects, but the max is good to aim for

 

[Aluco]

Re: Is it just me that thinks its impossible to tell how much oil is in the damn engi

I filled mine up about a month and a half ago and it was basically at the top notch.
The digital is all over the place so I checked again yesterday. Oil level is halfway. No oil on drive exhaust isn't particularly stained and I haven't smelled any burning oil.

Where the hell has it gone ?! I only get 200-220 miles from a tank too.

Stupid car.

 

[DMS]

Re: Is it just me that thinks its impossible to tell how much oil is in the damn engi

I find it's a ball ache checking the oil too lol. I've got to the point now where I just change it every month or so. I know how much it takes to fill from empty and it's good for the engine to always have fairly fresh oil in it.