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Originally posted by Marshall Booth
If you use the oil level on the dipstick to estimate the oil level of an engine that's recently been shut down and top up the oil level you will overfill the engine by as much as a quart!
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I will verify that this is correct. One oil change I put in six quarts, started the engine, shut it down and checked the oil. I added oil to the max line(one quart) and the next morning checked it again; I was a quart over
. Now I just add six quarts and leave it at that.
You live and learn.
M.