I see the top most mark on the right with the 'F' to the left, or above it. I see the end of the oil covering the 'F'. You want to put a lot of oil in according to this stick.
Driving, getting stuck, diagnosing and repairing an older car in Colorado.
Max is a 1999 Mazda Mx-5 Miata with (as of purchase in June 2011) 118,000 miles.
Saturday, August 6, 2016
Crap?
I changed the oil after installing a magnetic drain plug earlier in the year. I don't like what I see:
It might be explained by what I saw when I paid attention to the state of the dipstick after adding exaclty a gallon to an empty engine that takes a gallon.
I see the top most mark on the right with the 'F' to the left, or above it. I see the end of the oil covering the 'F'. You want to put a lot of oil in according to this stick.
I see the top most mark on the right with the 'F' to the left, or above it. I see the end of the oil covering the 'F'. You want to put a lot of oil in according to this stick.
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Of course there's no guarantee the flake isn't a casting artifact that's been bouncing around the oil pan for decades.
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