silverflash
Well-Known Member
- Thread starter
- #1
so i got my brand new 2021 fx4 in early june. I am one to check the oil even on a new car. i noticed that the level was in the safe zone from the first time i checked it probably 2 weeks in till yesterday when i changed it- i can't recall if it ever rose. Anyhow, i changed the oil in late june at around 1500 miles. I put in 6 quarts and noted then that 6 quarts put the level right to the full line- my notes said that. And this was after running it for a few minutes to warm up then letting it sit 15 minutes per my notes. I am not sure if i meant the high dot or the hash but i am thinking the hash. Anyhow, fast forward to recently and i see that the level is now a hair past the high dot and seemed to drip off the stick easy and had that gas smell. I have read alot of the fuel dilution threads so i thought ok, normal for a newer engine but to be safe I just changed it again with about 3900 miles on it. I put in 6 quarts exactly. not 6.2. I changed the filter as well as I usually do. I ran the engine till it was at op temp per my scangauge and the dash needle and stopped and let it sit 15 minutes exactly and checked. it was right at or a hair above the top of the hash marks. perfect based on my readings. see 3903 pic.
It took a few removals and inserts to get a good read.
This morning I checked it cold. The level was below the top of the hash marks. i do use synthetic and synthetic supposedly expands more than conventional or semi-synthetics.
see pic 5430.
I will be watching this level alot closer moving forward. assuming that the level was the same on the 1st oil change, and it got the a hair past the high dot in 2400 miles, do i have a problem? I hope not. i hope it's just breaking in and that it will slow/stop as far as making more oil from gas.
thoughts?
It took a few removals and inserts to get a good read.
This morning I checked it cold. The level was below the top of the hash marks. i do use synthetic and synthetic supposedly expands more than conventional or semi-synthetics.
see pic 5430.
I will be watching this level alot closer moving forward. assuming that the level was the same on the 1st oil change, and it got the a hair past the high dot in 2400 miles, do i have a problem? I hope not. i hope it's just breaking in and that it will slow/stop as far as making more oil from gas.
thoughts?
Sponsored