I don't know if it's the oil, the color, how thin it seems, etc., but I'm having a really tough time actually seeing how much oil is on the dipstick!
I need your help/advice.
I have a new 2019 Toyota Tacoma with the 3.5L, V6 motor. I drove my truck on a few errands around town to get the motor and oil hot and then I changed my factory fill oil today, with appx. 1,500 miles on it, I refilled with the factory specified 0W-20 TGMO oil and installed the TRD (PTR43-00082 - https://bit.ly/2Y2uo2R) filter rather than the OEM cartridge (04152-YZZA1 - https://bit.ly/2XObs3P) filter.
My manual says my capacity is 6.1 qt. To be on the safe side, I've added, maybe, 5.5 qt., started my truck and let it run for a few minutes to check for leaks and then parked in my garage. For the last few hours, I'm waiting for all oil to drain back into the pan and hoping to be able to get a good read on my dipstick, but it's challenging. I find it very difficult to see where the oil line is!
I'm one of the picky people who likes to get my oil full...without overfilling.
Maybe I'm agonizing too much. Should I just dump in the remaining amount from the quart bottle (it might be about .5 quart?) and call it good?
Thanks for your thoughts!
Ed
I need your help/advice.
I have a new 2019 Toyota Tacoma with the 3.5L, V6 motor. I drove my truck on a few errands around town to get the motor and oil hot and then I changed my factory fill oil today, with appx. 1,500 miles on it, I refilled with the factory specified 0W-20 TGMO oil and installed the TRD (PTR43-00082 - https://bit.ly/2Y2uo2R) filter rather than the OEM cartridge (04152-YZZA1 - https://bit.ly/2XObs3P) filter.
My manual says my capacity is 6.1 qt. To be on the safe side, I've added, maybe, 5.5 qt., started my truck and let it run for a few minutes to check for leaks and then parked in my garage. For the last few hours, I'm waiting for all oil to drain back into the pan and hoping to be able to get a good read on my dipstick, but it's challenging. I find it very difficult to see where the oil line is!
I'm one of the picky people who likes to get my oil full...without overfilling.
Maybe I'm agonizing too much. Should I just dump in the remaining amount from the quart bottle (it might be about .5 quart?) and call it good?
Thanks for your thoughts!
Ed