Nick1994
$100 site donor 2024
I've never had this problem with any other car before.
One side of my dipstick reads about 1/3" higher than the other side. This is on my Camry. The back side reads perfectly to the Full line, the front side reads quite a bit over. It's done this since I bought the car last year. This is checking the oil on a perfectly flat concrete garage floor, and anywhere else I've checked it. It does this with a hot engine that was just shut off, or with a stone cold engine and the first pull of the dipstick. Even after 5 pulls of the dipstick, it has the same inconsistencies.
I've just been keeping it topped off to the lower of the 2 just to play it safe. It burns about 1-1/2 quarts of oil over 5,000 miles so I'd like to try to keep the oil level in check easier (needs valve stem seals).
Any ideas? Maybe just a new dipstick?
Also, pictures were taken yesterday after it sat in the garage all night, it was the first pull of the dipstick. Didn't even wipe it off before the picture, looks the same after wiping then checking again.
One side of my dipstick reads about 1/3" higher than the other side. This is on my Camry. The back side reads perfectly to the Full line, the front side reads quite a bit over. It's done this since I bought the car last year. This is checking the oil on a perfectly flat concrete garage floor, and anywhere else I've checked it. It does this with a hot engine that was just shut off, or with a stone cold engine and the first pull of the dipstick. Even after 5 pulls of the dipstick, it has the same inconsistencies.
I've just been keeping it topped off to the lower of the 2 just to play it safe. It burns about 1-1/2 quarts of oil over 5,000 miles so I'd like to try to keep the oil level in check easier (needs valve stem seals).
Any ideas? Maybe just a new dipstick?
Also, pictures were taken yesterday after it sat in the garage all night, it was the first pull of the dipstick. Didn't even wipe it off before the picture, looks the same after wiping then checking again.