so when you do your oil a simple start 1/1000, 2/1000, 3 shut off, check your oil you still wait 3 minutes?

 

I usually just wait about 2 minutes..

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I bet you'd also get the same results when checking it at 1 minute and 2 minutes.

The dipstick is not a precise, calibrated, scientific measurement device.

It is not precise enough to pick up the oil level difference between these time intervals.

 

Huh?
The dipstick method is more than precise enough to indicate even a half quart difference at one minute versus ten minutes..

And that is as precise as it needs to be and has been since autos first his the road.

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It's nor the same though if you check when engjne is cold

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A simple way.

Drive it, stop for gas, release hood, complete gas-up, grab paper towel, check oil. Oil is warm, has circulated but has had time to drip back down towards the oil pan whose level you are checking.

 

Just make sure you are waiting 3 metric minutes. Some people mistake US minutes, and get erroneous readings.

 

Crikey!!
NOW you tell me!!??

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Final test is to check it in the morning and see if it is the same, then we will know. Mine is always higher when checked when cold.

 

Oil level is always slightly higher not when cold, but after sitting long enough because all the oil drains back to the pan.

First thing in the morning is NOT the time to check the oil. If it doesnt read over full in the morning then your low on oil. Anything of 1 minute to several minutes after shutting engine off is more than sufficient and all the time you should be waiting to check the oil. Waiting overnight an engine can read up to .5qts over full (bigger engines) but even a small engine will be noticeable over full on the stick if it's perfectly full when checking it while getting gas.

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First thing in the morning is NOT the time to check the oil. If it doesnt read over full in the morning then your low on oil.

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That’s bull......

 

My Two Cents:

Do it when the car has been settled down, cool temps are best over high temp days.


take a cold reading and a Hot reading. and keep a note where you were. and, you'll know your answer.

 

If it reads under the low “add” mark....you’re low on oil.

 

It doesn't really matter when you check the oil, The main thing is to check it the same every time. I do mine on a cold engine because it is convenient for me. Simply always do it the same. You will then have an accurate record of whether you are diluting or not.

 

So what you are saying that I should always check my oil at the same time. Pick a time and change. Take two aspirins at exactly 12 O’clock.

Or else. Don’t miss the time or else.

 

The point of checking your oil level is determine whether you are losing oil or, in the case of a CRV, gaining oil.
Consistency is key, just do it the same way every time.

BTW: The the difference between dead cold and a hot 3 minute wait is @ 1/8 of an inch.

 

^^^^This exactly^^^^

......and for those doing their own oil changes, I doubt they are re-filling with HOT oil.

 

Oil engine light will determine your lack of oil. Ever see them come on in your cars

 

Hey Mr. Fish, I remember learning how to drive in a 1963 Ford p/u with 3 on the tree......when it got low on oil, the oil light would flicker when you hit the brakes hard. LOL :jawdrop:

 

how we all check our oil in different ways as long as its in check we are good.

 

A good positive Thread.

https://www.crvownersclub.com/forum...7-present-official-specs-features-etc-gen-5/193661-gen5-good-news-thread-3.html

 

imagine every three minutes you're checking the oil and wiping it..

Or lets say how many miles do we have to check it/// better yet every time you go in the car at some time would be a smart thing to check.

you check your mirrors, your seat, your belt, you even check your tires. and you always check your speed, gas. but yet check the oil. but back to the topic

3 minute or 1 second I check the oil when I feel the car is comfortable to the touch.

 

I'm guessing that after all this, Honda will do away with the dip-stick. It's getting more common.

 

Not really. Heck they started disappearing for transmissions and then came back. But transmissions dont "burn" the fluid off like engines do. The most precisely and perfectly engineered standard engine will use oil.

Never going to happen on engine oil. Too many lawsuits waiting to happen they do that. Why the transmission dip sticks have been returning, people fought back and cost companies money.

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to many new people not taking the time to get their noses out of the phone. Hey mom.... I know what a lug wrench is... hey what's a that Prudential commercial

 

Thanks wrong topic oops what a dipstick I am

 

Wonder how much oil is absent from the pan when the motor is running? Maybe 10%?, 25%?, 50%?unno:

 

I haven't been on this forum in months. It's just like I never left........

https://www.crvownersclub.com/forums/137-2017-present-official-specs-features-etc-gen-5/176681-2017-cr-v-1-5-t-engine-high-oil-volume-fuel-oil-problem-got-me-8.html

 

Maybe all. lets see what the Cyberworld professionals have to say.