'Oil down 1 qt, etc.' How do you know?

[HangFire]

Originally Posted By: turtlevette
Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
For my 530i, the manual says that the volume between min and max on the dipstick is 1 liter (1.1 quarts).

That's not even worth mentioning. Its 1.8 oz difference.


Huh? 1.1 quarts is 35.2 US Fluid Oz. 1 Liter is 33.8 US Fluid Oz.

Where do you get 1.8 oz from?

 

[Geauxtiger]

1 US Qt = 32 US Ounces
1Liter = 33.8 US Ounces
Difference is 1.8 ounces.

Comment was that in this discussion, a liter between hi/lo or a quart between hi/lo marks is essentially the same.

QPete was just rounding off the liter/US Qt ratio. It is actually 1.056688209 US Liquid quarts to a liter.

 

[KitaCam]

Originally Posted By: wemay
How does one know by how many quarts the oil level is down when checking the dip-stick?

(just curious since i read this a lot. My oil level is fine so far)


You could just ask the dealer....

 

[splinter]

Originally Posted By: HangFire
Originally Posted By: turtlevette
That's not even worth mentioning. Its 1.8 oz difference.

Huh? 1.1 quarts is 35.2 US Fluid Oz. 1 Liter is 33.8 US Fluid Oz.
Where do you get 1.8 oz from?


turtlevette is an engineer.

 

[Chris142]

Originally Posted By: DemoFly
I've never experienced a passenger vehicle where the difference on the dipstick wasn't 1 quart.

Some commercial equipment I've worked on with 14+ quart sumps the difference is 2 quarts.
older fords had a 1qt and 2qt low marked on the dipstick.my old peterbilt was 6 qts from add to full.the 02 i drove was 1 gallon.

 

[Garak]

Yep, usually one quart from add to fill, but there certainly are differences, and one has to test.

 

[Stewie]

Could be that you didn't put the dipstick all the way in or checked it before the oil went all the way down.

 

[jhellwig]

Some dip sticks say what the low mark it.