Hi,
I own a 2015 Grand Cherokee 5.7 HEMI with now 26'000 km.
This car never used a single drop of oil between oil changes, it was always at max level until the next few weeks.
During the last 2 weeks, I did a trip from Switzerland to Spain.
Arrived in Spain (after about 2'000 km), I checked my oil level 5 minutes after turning the engine off (as stated in the user guide), on a level surface, and the oil was almost in the "low" mark on the dipstick...
For be sure, I did wait the next afternoon and checked with cold engine: same... So I added oil, about 0,5 quart for be exactly in the "max"
Then, I continued my trip and drove about 1'700 km more before checking oil again and... Again it was on low... I checked with engine hot, 5 minutes after turning it off, and engine cold, same result, it was low...
This time, I had to add about 0,8 quart for be at max again (so since the start I added 1,3 quart).
I drove 900 km until my next destination in Spain and checked the oil level again: this time it was still on max, so all eas good...
I drove 1'200 km back to home and checked again: this time, oil was upper than max (see picture attached)! Since, I checked many times, engine hot or not, and still the same result: oil overfilled
I'm a bit worried having the oil level higher than max... It means I can have up to 1,3 quart oil excess... What should I do? Is it safe to drive like this? And why did the level suddenly increase?
I checked the oil pressure on my cluster instrument display and it never go higher than 492 kpa (so it's not even the half of the gauge) even during a big acceleration, so the oil pressure doesn't seem too high because of this oil overfill. But i'm still worried...
I own a 2015 Grand Cherokee 5.7 HEMI with now 26'000 km.
This car never used a single drop of oil between oil changes, it was always at max level until the next few weeks.
During the last 2 weeks, I did a trip from Switzerland to Spain.
Arrived in Spain (after about 2'000 km), I checked my oil level 5 minutes after turning the engine off (as stated in the user guide), on a level surface, and the oil was almost in the "low" mark on the dipstick...
For be sure, I did wait the next afternoon and checked with cold engine: same... So I added oil, about 0,5 quart for be exactly in the "max"
Then, I continued my trip and drove about 1'700 km more before checking oil again and... Again it was on low... I checked with engine hot, 5 minutes after turning it off, and engine cold, same result, it was low...
This time, I had to add about 0,8 quart for be at max again (so since the start I added 1,3 quart).
I drove 900 km until my next destination in Spain and checked the oil level again: this time it was still on max, so all eas good...
I drove 1'200 km back to home and checked again: this time, oil was upper than max (see picture attached)! Since, I checked many times, engine hot or not, and still the same result: oil overfilled
I'm a bit worried having the oil level higher than max... It means I can have up to 1,3 quart oil excess... What should I do? Is it safe to drive like this? And why did the level suddenly increase?
I checked the oil pressure on my cluster instrument display and it never go higher than 492 kpa (so it's not even the half of the gauge) even during a big acceleration, so the oil pressure doesn't seem too high because of this oil overfill. But i'm still worried...