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Dipstick Oil Level: How to Check The Oil Level In Your Car’s Engine

To check your car's oil level, ensure it's on level ground with the engine off and transmission in park. Locate the dipstick, pull it out, wipe it, reinsert it, and check the oil level between the marked lines. Add oil if necessary and recheck after it drains. Read the full blog to know more about how to check the oil level in a car.

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Engine Oil – Part 2

While most of the engine oils met acceptable standards, their general specifications can vary widely. Due to ignorance or greed, poor quality engine oil has often put on the market. Unfortunately, for the uninitiated car owner, the look and feel of both high-quality engine oil and low-quality engine oil will be the same.

Check engine oil

The engine is the regular platform to know its oil needs. Although engine design is change to meet fuel efficiency and environmental standards, the engine remains the ultimate determinant of oil quality. However, using the dynamometer test to measure oil quality can be costly.

However, to help control liability costs, engine manufacturers cannot prevent engine testing

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Do It Yourself: Check Oil Levels

How to check your car engine’s oil level.

It is recommended that you check your car’s oil at least once a month to make sure that there’s enough oil and that it is not contaminated. Oil reduces the friction in your engine and keeps it running smoothly. When you check your oil, if it is dirty or smells of gasoline, it should be changed.

**Warning** Some European vehicles don’t have an oil dipstick. If you can’t find one on your vehicle, check the owner’s manual for the proper way to check your oil.

Follow these easy steps on how to check your vehicle’s oil level:

STEP 1: Pull out the dip stick and wipe it off clean with a lint-free rag.

Before taking out the dip stick, make sure that the engine is cold (or has been off for at least ten minutes) before you check the oil. The location of the oil dipstick depends on whether your vehicle has an in-line engine. If you have a transverse engine (front-wheel drive) your dipstick should be located near the front of the engine.

STEP 2: Insert the stick back into the pipe.

If the dipstick gets stuck on the way in, turn it around. The pipe it fits into is curved, and the metal stick bends naturally in the direction of the curve if you put it back in the way it came out.

STEP 3: Pull the dipstick out again and look at the film of oil on the end of the stick.

Note how high the oil film reaches on the dipstick and the condition of the oil, and add or change the oil as needed.

You do not add oil into the tiny tube that the dipstick sits in; that is just asking for messy frustration. Look for a screw-off cap on top of the largest part of the engine. It could be blank or it could be labeled “Oil Cap” or something similar, and it might even indicate which grade of oil you ought to be using in your car. Unscrew that cap and add oil as needed.

STEP 4: Put the dipstick back into the pipe. You’re done!

Oil turns black pretty quickly, but that does not affect the quality. Rub a little between your thumb and index finger, and if it leaves a dirty smudge, it probably needs to be changed.

  **Extra Tips** If your oil looks clean enough but only reaches the “Add” level on the dipstick, you need to add oil. You can buy oil the next time you fill up with gas at the service station or you can find it at auto supply stores, supermarkets, discount stores, and large drugstores.

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