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981 S Oil Change quantiy Guenter in Ontario - Sunday, 3 November, 2013, at 10:20:19 am |
Mine always match the book. But i hear stories that they vary. grant - Monday, 4 November, 2013, at 9:41:59 am |
Re: Mine always match the book. But i hear stories that they vary. Guenter in Ontario - Monday, 4 November, 2013, at 3:38:20 pm |
The word I get on oil capacity is this is set by the factory. In the case of the newer engines... MarcW - Monday, 4 November, 2013, at 9:51:17 am |
With the 981 engines Guenter in Ontario - Monday, 4 November, 2013, at 3:50:17 pm |
Re: With the 981 engines MikenOH - Monday, 4 November, 2013, at 9:21:27 pm |
Re: With the 981 engines Guenter in Ontario - Monday, 4 November, 2013, at 11:09:55 pm |
The owners manual doesn't have the correct information... MarcW - Tuesday, 5 November, 2013, at 1:11:20 am |
I realize there there can be incorrect info in the manual. My 987 manual had it correct at 7.75L Guenter in Ontario - Tuesday, 5 November, 2013, at 8:23:36 am |
So doing our own changes is risky? Bruce In Philly (2000 S Boxster, now '09 C2S) - Tuesday, 5 November, 2013, at 11:59:43 am |
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MarcW
The correct info is given in the factory reference manual for the car or in a TSB for a specific range of VINs
The engine should not be filled by what the oil level reading reads but what the dispensing gun reads. The oil level sensor could be defective or wrong. The oil change is the only time it can be checked by adding a specific amount of oil and confirming the reading agrees.
Your logic is valid, but its also theoretical. grant - Tuesday, 5 November, 2013, at 12:18:04 pm |
There is no excuse for overfilling the engine with oil or under-filling the engine with oil... MarcW - Wednesday, 6 November, 2013, at 11:19:44 am |
exactly. My experience is most dealers, on most jobs, don't care. grant - Thursday, 7 November, 2013, at 7:18:02 am |
Not at all if you have the correct fill amount for your car's engine. MarcW - Wednesday, 6 November, 2013, at 11:17:01 am |
Re: The owners manual doesn't have the correct information... paulwdenton - Wednesday, 6 November, 2013, at 3:32:39 pm |
I would hardly call it OCD to know what correct servicing involves/entails. If your indy/dealer... MarcW - Friday, 8 November, 2013, at 5:21:20 pm |
Sorry, Marc, this is ridiculous paulwdenton - Friday, 8 November, 2013, at 7:56:52 pm |
The factory manual also have cautions against overfilling the engine with oil. MarcW - Saturday, 9 November, 2013, at 12:03:03 pm |
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paulwdenton
I should pull out the owner's manual and show them where it says not to overfill. Would that be the same owner's manual that told them the exact oil capacity that they just measured and put into the car? The same manual that you yourself just said contains incorrect information? How do you or I know that the capacity in the manual isn't actually correct? How do you or I know that the gauge isn't simply inaccurate on the optimistic side? Neither one of us knows. But what we do know is that my car doesn't smoke and highly qualified mechanics have told me not to worry about the supposed overfill. You speculate that they are telling me this just to get me to go away. That doesn't make sense. If they overfilled the car and there was a problem, THEY would be the ones to blame, so it would be pretty stupid just to get me to go away. And you ask, how do I know my car doesn't burn oil? Well, it doesn't smoke at all, and it almost never even makes the characteristic smoke at startup. And, if it was burning oil, it would eventually burn up enough oil that the gauge would drop? Because I have proof that the gauge itself DOES work, and yet the oil gauge has never dropped below overfull one time in the last 5 years of driving, one year between changes. My car runs great. No problems at all. It seems infinitely more probable that the capacity in the manual is correct, the dealer and the indie are correct, and the gauge is simply optimistic. My wife tells me to stop reading these forums because all it does is make me fearful of my own car. I think she is right, and this thread is a prime example.
Maybe the most valuable part of this excellent post is.......you must measure it HOT grant - Monday, 4 November, 2013, at 7:37:04 pm |
Fresh oil fill from sealed containers is one thing, Laz - Wednesday, 6 November, 2013, at 12:16:29 pm |
Re: Fresh oil fill from sealed containers is one thing, Guenter in Ontario - Wednesday, 6 November, 2013, at 1:09:52 pm |
It's amazing these engines do so well with us 'normal' folk just pouring the recommended fill Gary in SoFL - Wednesday, 6 November, 2013, at 1:38:32 pm |
Most of thsoe are true. So measure hot, after a hard run, on a poured and therefore level surface. grant - Thursday, 7 November, 2013, at 5:00:29 pm |
Re: Most of thsoe are true. So measure hot, after a hard run, on a poured and therefore level surface. Guenter in Ontario - Thursday, 7 November, 2013, at 5:57:45 pm |
Yes, actually both the above...... grant - Thursday, 7 November, 2013, at 4:58:53 pm |
So after having the oil changed Guenter in Ontario - Saturday, 9 November, 2013, at 9:45:59 am |
Similar to my experience, only different paulwdenton - Saturday, 9 November, 2013, at 10:26:45 am |
Re: So after having the oil changed Lawdevil & CURVN8R - Saturday, 9 November, 2013, at 11:01:26 am |