So glad to hear that I wasn't going crazy and it does turn out it's harder to read the dipstick with brand new oil!

Thank you for making this video...I thought I knew how to check my oil properly but have been doing it wrong for almost 25 years. Thank you.

Close up enough to actually see the stick and where it's wet, and the light and dark parts of the oil on the stick. Listed symptoms of overfill at end, helped me figure something out with my car. Thank you

Very informative and helpful video, left me with zero questions afterwards. Thanks for being thorough!

Clear and straight to the point. Very value added and helpful. Thank you!

THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH FOR THIS IN DEPTH VIDEO, YOURE A ROCKSTAR!!!!

Thank you so much I got great information from this video!!!!

Awesome video! Excellent explanation!

Well explained, thank you!

Thank you for this. I’m tired of watching videos where they just whip dipstick out like whoodini and I have no idea where it came from☺️👌🏻

Thank you for this video. It was very helpful and easier for me to understand.

This was extremely helpful!

Great video to the T must watch!!

This video explained it perfect.

Thank you.

im trying to read my lexus dipstick. when I pull it out to check it has a very distinct dark color near the low mark but there is a faint drop of oil near the high end of the dipstick. which one do i rely on?

Very informative. Thank you

Well made video - thanks for posting it!

Thank you, this was helpful!

What a great video

Very comprehensive video! Thank you!

just figured out the trick with toyota/lexus dipstick as those really hard to read (the yaris style the author showed) after oil change. When you look at it - oil is all over the place way above the high mark even if the car set for 15 mins. You want to look at the side of dipstick that has the indentation, pointy part near the high mark ( hard-to-read-side ">" easy to read side ). That pointy part removes an excess of oil above the high mark and makes it easier to read. I think one shouldn't freak out (like me) if the pointy part full of oil - it's just cleared excessive oil to allow more accurate reading. don't forget the ground level. an easy slope can give 0.2 quarts of a misreading.

Thanks. This is so helpful🌼🌷

Thanks for sharing 🙏

very helpful. thanx

The dipstick in my van shows a solid block of oil about 3/4 bewteen the markers but and sort of messy streak of oil going up to the top marker. Should I read it from the solid block line or from where the streak ends? The oil level light is on but I just had a full service on the van, so did they not fill it up all the way? The oil is black already but I read that this is common with diesel engines. I suspect that maybe they didn't change the oil

Under dipstick does it have written letters representative like L for low oil and H- For high oil. Please assist me

Thank you 😘 your instructions were just what I needed 🤗

Well explained brother

Thanks for explaining it all well def subcribe to you.

Very informative!

Very informative, ty.

The oil level on the dipstick goes straight across at a lower level then covers only half the dipstick coming up to a higher level. So is the actual level at the lower or higher reading?

How often should I check the oil level?

On my 2020 Toyota Camry , when I pull the oil dipstick out . There is oil smeared on one side , but the other a distinct line . I've used judgement that the side with the line is ok , no issues .

My dipstick is streaking oil and I can not tell where the level is. What to do? Leave it sit a while then check? Reading is easy if it did not streak.(The oil is new and clear, just changed it)

how do we read streaks along the sides of the dip sticks?

Help please . I can’t see the oil mark on the dipstick. Can I add a die to the oil?

I have a 2000 camry. I can put the stick in 2 different position both poristion shows totally different levels of oil? How do i know which one is the right position?. The stick head got one side 2 dots and the other 3 dots..

I'm trying to read the oil level on my dipstick but I'm being thrown off. I can clearly see the "bubble" and where the "bubble" ends on my stick but there's a slight film of oil above it. It's definitely not as profound as the "bubble" and on the back it's repeated but there seems to be indents where the oil doesn't touch and where exactly the "bubble" begins coming from the top end of the stick. Am I fine as long as I can see the "bubble" right where it should be and disregard that slight film of oil above it?

My dipstick has a top and bottom dot but between them there is a hash mark that goes up 3/4 of the way between the dots, the last 1/4 before the top dot is blank. WHICH LEVEL DO I FILL IT TO?!🤷‍♂️

I'm about a ¼in. above my full mark. Distance between my two dots on the dipstick is 1.5in. meaning a quart. I don't think a quarter quart is gonna hurt anything, at least I hope not.

Hi, Can you please confirm the full mark is the second dot on the dip stick?

So if you do have a low oil level does it mean you have a leak somewhere or does oil just naturally burn off or evaporate?

Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Is he saying that the space between the two dots is about 1 liter of oil? So if my oil result is at the lowest dot, then I should add 1/2 or 500 mL of oil, to bring it to the half way mark?

When I check my vehicle, it all looks the same to me, whether its low or good. I just go every change of the season.

My Jeep is a diesel one and the manual says that oil should be checked ideally 5 minutes after shutting a warmed up engine. It uses 5W40 oil and when the oil is hot (170F after 5 minutes), it is very thin and runny - hard to read on the dipstick. If I check in the morning when the oil is 60F, I get a clear reading of it being right in the middle point between low and high marks. Does it really show a different level if the engine oil is hot versus cold sitting overnight? If so, is the dipstick showing a higher level of oil cold than the reading from a warm engine?

What if the oil is little higher than the dot2

Are the circles supposed to be filled in with oil or doesn’t it not matter if they’re filled?

Question for you. I had a my axel replaced and the guy said some transmission fluid came out with it and said it was about a quart. I checked my levels when the car was cold and it was above the high level. What's the reason for this

My car takes 5w30 but I bought a qt of 10w30 by mistake. Should I take it back or is it OK to use?

I have to mix Engine oil with Marvel Mistery Oil product.

when I check my oil there is only oil on the side of the dip stick and isn't completely coated

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What about the types like extended life or advanced whatever as long as it's the same type it shld be ok? Viscosity and if it's full synthetic

Thank you.