Originally Posted by
fsisto
Thank you PizzaGuy. It looks like it works properly. I was down 1/2 way on the stick, which in every car Ive ever had its 1/2 quart of oil, but in these cars it goes through the new math or something. Car took 1.5 quarts to get to top mark, all is fine and went away.
THis is an 8 quart engine, the low mark is 2 to 2 1/2 quarts low - compare the bottom of the pan to the pan under a five quart engine, the 5 quart engine has a smaller "deep end" of the pan, which is where the dipstick is setting - this reduces how much oil is sitting in the "deep end" of the pan.
Also, it is safe to operate this engine up to 2 quarts low - not that Iv'e ever done so. But if you read the owner's manual, it says to not operate below "low", low is over 2 quarts below full.