[T2] When to check oil level?

[david raistrick]

no - on a bus the dipstick is calibrated for "cold" - the oil is sitting still and settled.   a running or just shut off motor would read low

the new bmw/mini stuff is different - and one of the primary reasons they switched (imo) is because the dipstick design in the last round of engines was horrible (unreadable with clean oil, unreliable because the route it has to take would hold oil or drag oil onto the reading....)

that and because car owners are idiots now.

do whatever the owners manual says.   some of them dont even have computer sensors, its a drain-and-measure-refill.......


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> On Jul 29, 2017, at 8:47 AM, Kevin Guarnotta <kevin at guarnottadesign.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Guys,
> 
> I have a new (2008) BMW. There is not dipstick in these new cars. There is some sort of computer reading or something. But you can't check the oil level with the computer until the car has been running for about 10 minutes or so. I talked to my brother about this - and he thought that maybe you get a more accurate reading from a warmed up vehicle...or something like that.
> 
> I think I've often checked my bus oil level when the bus is cold. Am I doing it wrong? Should I be waiting until the bus is warmed up, then check the oil level?
> 
> -Kevin Guarnotta
> Jamaica Plain, MA
> 
> '78 Westy
> '69 Singlecab
> '65 Ez-camper
> 
> 
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