golfsferr
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I got another chance to take my:spyder2
ut yesterday for a couple of hours. I only have a couple thousand miles on it, but when I got home I thought since its at the normal operating temperature I'd check the oil level. So I stopped it pulled the panel, restarted, let it run for 30 seconds, shut it off then waited a couple seconds to check oil. The dipstick was dry as a bone. I waited a while longer then checked, still no sign of oil on the stick. I waited several more minutes, still no oil on the stick. I kind of panicked. I had it our for 2 hours, but never saw any kind for warning light. While I know the temperature gauge is not oil temp I suspect that had my engine been running too low on oil it would have affected my water temp significantly and my oil pressure light would have been on. But temp gauge never got higher than 4 bars. I went to the manual again and clearly I had followed the right oil check procedure and my oil level should have been near or at the top mark on the stick at normal operating temperature. Plus I noticed that it does tell you that if you check your oil level at room temp it should be at the half way mark on the stick. I went out and got a quart of the recommended oil. I started adding while checking the level periodically. I only added a half of the quart when it started to show at the half way mark on the stick. After all this time, it had cooled down. So I started it up again and let it get back to the operating temp. I then followed the manual's stated oil level checking procedure again, but this time the oil level was slightly above the top mark. Since I only put about a half a quart in to get it to show at the half way mark at room temp, why would it now suddenly be overfilled at the operating temp and should I drain that little extra out? It's overfilled by just short of 2mm's.
Part of the confusion for me is that the most talked about way to check the oil is after it's at the operating temperature but the manual clearly states also at room temperature the oil level should be at the half way mark on the stick. So in my simple mind if its at the half way mark at room temp then we're good. What am I missing because the other way wasn't accurate for me?
Sorry for the long winded post. Thanks :banghead:
ut yesterday for a couple of hours. I only have a couple thousand miles on it, but when I got home I thought since its at the normal operating temperature I'd check the oil level. So I stopped it pulled the panel, restarted, let it run for 30 seconds, shut it off then waited a couple seconds to check oil. The dipstick was dry as a bone. I waited a while longer then checked, still no sign of oil on the stick. I waited several more minutes, still no oil on the stick. I kind of panicked. I had it our for 2 hours, but never saw any kind for warning light. While I know the temperature gauge is not oil temp I suspect that had my engine been running too low on oil it would have affected my water temp significantly and my oil pressure light would have been on. But temp gauge never got higher than 4 bars. I went to the manual again and clearly I had followed the right oil check procedure and my oil level should have been near or at the top mark on the stick at normal operating temperature. Plus I noticed that it does tell you that if you check your oil level at room temp it should be at the half way mark on the stick. I went out and got a quart of the recommended oil. I started adding while checking the level periodically. I only added a half of the quart when it started to show at the half way mark on the stick. After all this time, it had cooled down. So I started it up again and let it get back to the operating temp. I then followed the manual's stated oil level checking procedure again, but this time the oil level was slightly above the top mark. Since I only put about a half a quart in to get it to show at the half way mark at room temp, why would it now suddenly be overfilled at the operating temp and should I drain that little extra out? It's overfilled by just short of 2mm's. Part of the confusion for me is that the most talked about way to check the oil is after it's at the operating temperature but the manual clearly states also at room temperature the oil level should be at the half way mark on the stick. So in my simple mind if its at the half way mark at room temp then we're good. What am I missing because the other way wasn't accurate for me?
Sorry for the long winded post. Thanks :banghead:
