Ladies and Gents,
I've been checking the oil on vehicle for 50+ years. I have never had a problem on any vehicle I've checked, until I got my new Sierra 1500. I just can't seem to read the dipstick and feel comfortable. The placement/orientation of the dipstick and it's travel to the oil pan is different from anything I've maintained before. My main concern though is trying to read the dipstick. The measuring area on the dipstick is the smallest I've ever encountered. And, the color/shade of this area on the dipstick makes it extremely difficult to read the oil level. I'll be the first to admit that it may just be age and declining eyesight, but I have no problem seeing these things on my wife's Nissan Frontier. Is it just me or are there others that have noticed this? I just changed the oil for the first time on my Sierra and approximately six quarts came out, which is the fill requirements with a new filter. So I'm happy it didn't appear to burn any oil. But, if my life depended on it, I couldn't read this dipstick well enough to see it had an adequate level of oil in the vehicle. Man I hate getting old.
I've been checking the oil on vehicle for 50+ years. I have never had a problem on any vehicle I've checked, until I got my new Sierra 1500. I just can't seem to read the dipstick and feel comfortable. The placement/orientation of the dipstick and it's travel to the oil pan is different from anything I've maintained before. My main concern though is trying to read the dipstick. The measuring area on the dipstick is the smallest I've ever encountered. And, the color/shade of this area on the dipstick makes it extremely difficult to read the oil level. I'll be the first to admit that it may just be age and declining eyesight, but I have no problem seeing these things on my wife's Nissan Frontier. Is it just me or are there others that have noticed this? I just changed the oil for the first time on my Sierra and approximately six quarts came out, which is the fill requirements with a new filter. So I'm happy it didn't appear to burn any oil. But, if my life depended on it, I couldn't read this dipstick well enough to see it had an adequate level of oil in the vehicle. Man I hate getting old.
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