Originally Posted By: yvon_la
No!what i meant is ,so oil dipstick yellow part are weirdly made and can just sit on the edge of the tube without being fully in inserted position .if this happen and you dont push it it first to make sure it is where it should and added oil thinking it was low or clerk changing the oil made the mistake .it would read with too much oil .very easy mistake to do on some model that are made like a female part of the tube where dipstick is going.my dd15 is like that so i have to be carefull and make sure its fully in everytime since i aint the mechanic doing the oil thing .(2 week trip so i ll let the mechanic know to make sure he watchout for this)
This is why i always check the oil level twice when i do it. sometimes you can mess up and not get it seated correctly. if i get the same reading twice in a row, then i'm good. if one is different than the other, i keep trying until i get two in a row that appear to match.
i don't know what happend or what might be going on.
who knows. maybe i bought 7 quarts, got charged for 6, then miscounted to "six" 7 times in a row on one vehicle and misread the dipstick twice in a row, then miscounted to "seven" 6 times in a row on the other, and misread that dipstick as well.
i'll keep an eye on this OCI and report back.
suppose anything is possible
No!what i meant is ,so oil dipstick yellow part are weirdly made and can just sit on the edge of the tube without being fully in inserted position .if this happen and you dont push it it first to make sure it is where it should and added oil thinking it was low or clerk changing the oil made the mistake .it would read with too much oil .very easy mistake to do on some model that are made like a female part of the tube where dipstick is going.my dd15 is like that so i have to be carefull and make sure its fully in everytime since i aint the mechanic doing the oil thing .(2 week trip so i ll let the mechanic know to make sure he watchout for this)
This is why i always check the oil level twice when i do it. sometimes you can mess up and not get it seated correctly. if i get the same reading twice in a row, then i'm good. if one is different than the other, i keep trying until i get two in a row that appear to match.
i don't know what happend or what might be going on.
who knows. maybe i bought 7 quarts, got charged for 6, then miscounted to "six" 7 times in a row on one vehicle and misread the dipstick twice in a row, then miscounted to "seven" 6 times in a row on the other, and misread that dipstick as well.
i'll keep an eye on this OCI and report back.
suppose anything is possible
