- Jan 27, 2018
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Hey, guys...
My dipstick is reading higher than normal after a Ford dealership oil change.
Now with so many screwy new cars out there, and their bizarre foreign requirements, dealerships can actually MISS stuff like the TWO BUNG HOLES in my 1992 LX 5.0 oil pan that is separated by a tie rod (which I caught for them this time)... and which would have left a large part of one dirty quart still in the engine...
... as well as them putting in 5W30 instead of my usual 10w30...
... and thus giving me the fits with the low oil pressure reading at warm idle...
But on page one of the receipt, they state that 5 quarts was used, and yet, in comments on the second page, he's typed in 6 quarts were used...
Will that mess up the car? The oil stick is not as it usually is...
The oil stick, far from reading up to the usual FULL fill line of the ADD cross hatched area, it now reads fully up to the F, way up the stick, and even trails a snot trail of oil beyond that... after sitting for several long hours.
Car is still running great, although at a much lower oil pressure that I would like... I am wondering if too much oil can cause these fluctuations in pressure, as well...
Any advice?
Thanks again!
My dipstick is reading higher than normal after a Ford dealership oil change.
Now with so many screwy new cars out there, and their bizarre foreign requirements, dealerships can actually MISS stuff like the TWO BUNG HOLES in my 1992 LX 5.0 oil pan that is separated by a tie rod (which I caught for them this time)... and which would have left a large part of one dirty quart still in the engine...
... as well as them putting in 5W30 instead of my usual 10w30...
... and thus giving me the fits with the low oil pressure reading at warm idle...
But on page one of the receipt, they state that 5 quarts was used, and yet, in comments on the second page, he's typed in 6 quarts were used...
Will that mess up the car? The oil stick is not as it usually is...
The oil stick, far from reading up to the usual FULL fill line of the ADD cross hatched area, it now reads fully up to the F, way up the stick, and even trails a snot trail of oil beyond that... after sitting for several long hours.
Car is still running great, although at a much lower oil pressure that I would like... I am wondering if too much oil can cause these fluctuations in pressure, as well...
Any advice?
Thanks again!