Hello again Zip:

Following up again on your post.....

1. yeah apparently 1/2 way down the dipstick *is* low. In every car Ive ever owned, its meant down a 1/2 quart dont concern yourself, but on this car it seems to be Im down a bunch more. Put in nearly 1.5 quarts and it brought the level up to top mark on the dipstick.

2. looked for your oil indicator on the odometer window and pressed twice, doesnt give me anything. I either get the trip odometer, or what looks like a guy or a wrench being chased by the moon and a -768 under it. Interpreting this voodoo, it looks like it needs to be serviced and I am 768 days in arrears. But no reading on the oil.

Thank you again.