92hatchLX

After my oil change today (I got all of the oil out of the crankcase BTW), I put 4.5 quarts of oil in and some CER lifter lube/cleaner (about .25 of a quart) in there. My dip stick is reading about 1.5 quarts over now and I am sure that I am not over full, could the dipstick be pushed in too far, idk, anyone ever had this problem? This is really hard to explain lol.

vfast

no..is this the first time you noticed this..some engines had the dipstick marked wrong my 89 was marked wrong

86gt5.0HO

My '88 was also marked wrong. After you put the oil in it. Take out the dipstick and run a file mark at the point where the oil line is.

fordguy17

did you pull both the drain plugs?

i've made that mistake before too...

just making sure you didn't over look the obvious.

ColdAudio

dont mean to hijack, but theres another plug besides the pan?

Tims 88GT

no if you start the car and let it warm up, the dipstick is right, after the car is warm it is right on the hatch marks, at least mine is, duh dipsticks lol see if that is how yours is

Grimace5.0

There are two plugs in the pan.

One toward the back and another in the very front of the pan.

EDIT: can't spell

Crazyfast50stang

I changed my oil today and I only put 4 quarts in. I did pull both plugs also. The dip stick said I was right at the top. im going ot check it again tomorrow after I was the car.

ColdAudio

it took forever to drain the oil today i didnt even realize there was a second plug... i only did the one that faces directly down and it seems as though all the oil came out just took a little longer?

92hatchLX

Yup there's a second plug, I had neglected it my past 4 oil changes but this time I used it and drained another .5 of a quart out. So should I get a new dipstick? It's almost as if the dipstick pushes too far down into the tube and is reading about a quart over where it should be, like I said I only added 4.5 quarts and the lifter cleaner was only about .25 of a quart. Maybe I'll get a new dipstick and see if that helps any.