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Message: If the concern is a "safe" amount of oil for cold startup, this could work.
Changed By: Laz
Change Date: December 01, 2021 12:32PM
If the concern is a "safe" amount of oil for cold startup, this could work.
Change Date: December 01, 2021 12:32PM
If the concern is a "safe" amount of oil for cold startup, this could work.
The idea is that a non-running car can only lose oil through leaks, (well, maybe some past the rings.)
This would be a way to get a basic, [i]go / no go[/i] oil check without needing a dipstick, or instrument* reading.
The car will have to be started and run one last time before instituting the "oil puddle" procedure from then on.
At the end of its run and shut off where it will be parked for a while, follow whatever oil check procedure is proper. At this point, you have a "baseline."
If the car has been parked for, say a couple hours or overnight, and there's a puddle, try to determine if it's from more than say, a couple quarts-- whatever your educated guess tells you is dangerous.
Look up at the belly panels, and the drain plug area, too, if it's visible.
I don't have the technical knowledge to suggest [I]how[/I] to determine what's actually in the sump, but at least you won't be killing the engine in the meantime.
* Btw, when the car is cold I think the oil level display may be showing a "snapshot" of the previous (warm enough) reading.
Why it doesn't display "unavailable" or whatever, rather than the supposed snapshot is something I've yet to determine, but it seems to do with checking from dead cold versus [i]in[/i]sufficiently warm.
This would be a way to get a basic, [i]go / no go[/i] oil check without needing a dipstick, or instrument* reading.
The car will have to be started and run one last time before instituting the "oil puddle" procedure from then on.
At the end of its run and shut off where it will be parked for a while, follow whatever oil check procedure is proper. At this point, you have a "baseline."
If the car has been parked for, say a couple hours or overnight, and there's a puddle, try to determine if it's from more than say, a couple quarts-- whatever your educated guess tells you is dangerous.
Look up at the belly panels, and the drain plug area, too, if it's visible.
I don't have the technical knowledge to suggest [I]how[/I] to determine what's actually in the sump, but at least you won't be killing the engine in the meantime.
* Btw, when the car is cold I think the oil level display may be showing a "snapshot" of the previous (warm enough) reading.
Why it doesn't display "unavailable" or whatever, rather than the supposed snapshot is something I've yet to determine, but it seems to do with checking from dead cold versus [i]in[/i]sufficiently warm.
Original Message
Author: LazDate: December 01, 2021 12:04PM
If the concern is a "safe" amount of oil for cold startup, this could work.
The idea is that a non-running car can only lose oil through leaks, (well, maybe some past the rings.)
This would be a way to get a basic, [i]go / no go[/i] oil check without needing a dipstick, or instrument* reading.
The car will have to be started and run one last time before instituting the "oil puddle" procedure from then on.
At the end of its run and shut off where it will be parked for a while, follow whatever oil check procedure is proper. At this point, you have a "baseline."
If the car has been parked for, say a couple hours or overnight, and there's a puddle, try to determine if it's from more than say, a couple quarts-- whatever your educated guess tells you is dangerous.
I don't have the technical knowledge to suggest [I]how[/I] to determine what's actually in the sump, but at least you won't be killing the engine in the meantime.
* Btw, when the car is cold I think the oil level display may be showing a "snapshot" of the previous (warm enough) reading.
Why it doesn't display "unavailable" or whatever, rather than the supposed snapshot is something I've yet to determine, but it seems to do with checking from dead cold versus [i]in[/i]sufficiently warm.
This would be a way to get a basic, [i]go / no go[/i] oil check without needing a dipstick, or instrument* reading.
The car will have to be started and run one last time before instituting the "oil puddle" procedure from then on.
At the end of its run and shut off where it will be parked for a while, follow whatever oil check procedure is proper. At this point, you have a "baseline."
If the car has been parked for, say a couple hours or overnight, and there's a puddle, try to determine if it's from more than say, a couple quarts-- whatever your educated guess tells you is dangerous.
I don't have the technical knowledge to suggest [I]how[/I] to determine what's actually in the sump, but at least you won't be killing the engine in the meantime.
* Btw, when the car is cold I think the oil level display may be showing a "snapshot" of the previous (warm enough) reading.
Why it doesn't display "unavailable" or whatever, rather than the supposed snapshot is something I've yet to determine, but it seems to do with checking from dead cold versus [i]in[/i]sufficiently warm.