Originally Posted by wwillson
It looks like the full mark will bring the oil, while engine is not operating, to the cover some of the windage tray? While the engine is running and oil is being pumped from the pan, the level should be lower than the low point of the windage tray.
Interesting photo!
Yes, I think that would be a correct assessment .
Originally Posted by blupupher
Interesting to see. So even if the stick reads empty, you can see there is still a lot of oil capacity between end of the stick and oil pickup (not something I would want to see, and no way to know how far below the end of the stick it is, but still and interesting thing).
Yes, even if the dipstick showed no oil I believe the intake would be covered.
Originally Posted by gfh77665
OP, what is the vertical measurement between the bottom tip of the dipstick and the screen of the pickup? Maybe 2 inches (5cm)? Thanks.
I didn't measure it but measuring along the length of the dipstick it was 1-1/8 inch from the bottom of the dipstick to the lower marker (where it looked like black mark. Don't know what that was.) The hole further along was the top mark, and it was 1-1/8 inch between the two marks.
Originally Posted by cdlamb
Is that a top level hole in the dipstick? Looks like upper level is just below the joint where the pan bolts to engine?
Hard to tell with photo where the max oil level is.
Also why is the pan off? Rebuild time?
Yes, the hole was the top level hole. The bottom level hole was where that black mark showed up. And yes I had an oil leak from the gasket and it was dripping on the hot exhaust, stinking things up.
I hope that helps. Thanks for your interest. The sump volume is just shy of 5 quarts. Here is a measuring tape against the dipstick, it's 2-1/4 inch from the bottom of the dipstick to the full mark measured along the sloping dipstick.