indeed.. it is standard wisdom these days .. between the marks is ideal. as stated the other day ......the top mark should be called the Never Exceed mark. in that same vein ..a Legacy subaru EJ22 dipstick has 3 marks. the owner's manual make it clear that the upper mark is the 'never exceed' mark. And the mid-mark is nominal full. scott turbovans On 4/10/2012 3:41 PM, David Beierl wrote: > At 06:31 PM 4/10/2012, mcneely4@cox.net wrote: >> David, my reference of "... keeps coming up on the list," was to the >> recommendation to fill the oil to halfway between the two marks on >> the dip stick. I believe that has been advocated by numerous people >> on the list. > > Ah, right - that was the result of testing on oil temps by Dennis > Haynes, I believe. > > There's a curiosity in Bentley - somewhere it says that as of x > (2.1l?) the dipstick was changed so that there was only a half-quart > difference between empty and full. I have a notion that they figured > out it was a good idea but forgot to implement it, because as far as > I know my '89 stick is marked the same as my '84 was. > > Yours, > David > |
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