Checking your oil on a MY03 STi
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Checking your oil on a MY03 STi
Can anyone give me a tip on how you check the oil.
Every time I pull the dip stick out I get different readings. I am checking it when the engine is cold in the morning.
Sometimes one side of the stick is showing on minimum, however at the same time the other side is showing oil right up past the twisty bits which is well above maximum?
Other times it seems to register okay, then registers low.
I do not know what reading to believe.
Does anyone have this problem, if so, how do you check your oil properly?
Every time I pull the dip stick out I get different readings. I am checking it when the engine is cold in the morning.
Sometimes one side of the stick is showing on minimum, however at the same time the other side is showing oil right up past the twisty bits which is well above maximum?
Other times it seems to register okay, then registers low.
I do not know what reading to believe.
Does anyone have this problem, if so, how do you check your oil properly?
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I drove to work this morning, arrived at 9am, just went out and checked the oil whilst it was still warm, not hot. It reads perfectly.
It seems when the oil is cold it is hard to read on these dip sticks.
The notchis the maximum for when the oil is hot and the drilled hole is for when the oil is cold.
It seems when the oil is cold it is hard to read on these dip sticks.
The notchis the maximum for when the oil is hot and the drilled hole is for when the oil is cold.
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