checking oil

**1fstavant** · 10-22-2008 07:44 AM

hey guys i did search and am still searching but how long do you wait aftr you shut your car down to check the oil level...i seem to be getting all different levels based on time differences. in the owners manual it says a few minutes but if i turn off my car and check right away its halfway up the hashed area if i wait 2min its perfectly at the top hash mark-5 its a little over-10 its halfway between the neck and the top line of the hashes-and if sitting over night it will read just about half way between top hash and neck of hash markd area

any body know for sure

**jrock** · 10-22-2008 10:31 AM

Wait a little while til it cools down. Then you take the dip stick out, clean it with a clean rag, stick it right back in, take it out again, and then measure it.

**Don Supreme** · 10-22-2008 11:14 AM

Is your car already built up and back on the road?

**1fstavant** · 10-22-2008 11:20 AM

yes got the first 500 down...and it feels nice...tomarrow is synthetic day...then im gonna turn up the boost-so what like 4 minutes of cool down- i was talkn to a mechanic and he said right away cuz the oil is still in the lifters and such

**Don Supreme** · 10-22-2008 11:28 AM

Really -- Your guys work quick as hell

Does your build thread have all the final details?

**1fstavant** · 10-22-2008 11:34 AM

no unfortunately...i havent finished it bu tomarrow i go bak to the shop and im onna grab the pics from the build-one thing i will say the best thing i bought was the gizzmo boost controller best 300 buks...now im lookin into their launch control/wot box

**Seerlah** · 10-22-2008 11:36 AM

What shop you go to? Name and Address? Thanks!

**1NaudiA4** · 10-22-2008 11:40 AM

your gunna switch to synthetic at 500?! I thought that you should be using regular oil until 1500 miles.

**1fstavant** · 10-22-2008 12:01 PM

driversport...121 still water rd mahopac ny....i doin it the same way i did originally and had no issues the rings seat within th first 500 and this is also what my shops told me to do...but i will look more into tha wen i get home

**jukesandz** · 10-22-2008 01:38 PM

The Bentley manual says to wait about 3 minutes.

**1fstavant** · 10-22-2008 02:31 PM

thanks thats what i was lookn for...since the owners manual just says a few minutes

**maxspeed** · 10-22-2008 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by 1fstavant

driversport...121 still water rd mahopac ny....i doin it the same way i did originally and had no issues the rings seat within th first 500 and this is also what my shops told me to do...but i will look more into tha wen i get home

That shops in my home town

**djwimbo** · 10-22-2008 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by 1fstavant

yes got the first 500 down...and it feels nice...tomarrow is synthetic day...then im gonna turn up the boost-so what like 4 minutes of cool down- i was talkn to a mechanic and he said right away cuz the oil is still in the lifters and such

What oil filter are you using? It sounds like the check valve sucks. The Mann, Mobil 1, Wixx, etc that I've used are the "best" in my opinion.

For customer cars I check 2-3 mins after shut down. Personally I think there should be a procedure for checking the oil lever based on load, but that would be really difficult to do. At least a figure of "at idle it should be here" and "hold at 2500rpm, it should be here". I haven't ever seen anybody do that though.

Some engineer somewhere had to figure out why it's a XX.Xqt system, I want to know why.

**1fstavant** · 10-22-2008 06:48 PM

straight up fram baby...nah nothings wrong just kept getting dif readings at dif time frames so i was seeing what the most accurate would be...so my oil level is fine...and don i wulda had it bak for so and go if the machne shop didnt tke as long as it did and my shop had told me id need a new cam tensioner...