The oil was at the bottom of the Maxium hole when I changed it 2300 miles ago. It has increased up the dipstick 5/8". This was checked 15 minutes after a 20 minute drive.
I've seen the chocolate milkshake look of water in oil and there is none of that. Oil is clean & bright. I filled the coolant reservoir to the max line to monitor for coolant loss, and that is not happening. My wife drives it 14 miles (20 minutes) each way to work 5 days a week. We will...
I have always checked it after it has set all night. I always wipe the dipstick and reinsert. It is as level as the concrete floor in my garage. I rotate the dipstick 180 degrees and recheck (it makes a difference on my Challenger). All checks have been done using the exact same procedure...
I have a 2022 Bronco Sport Badlands. It has 4000 miles on it and I did the first oil change with 5W30 Quaker State Full Synthetic and Motorcraft 910-S filter at 1700 miles.
I checked the oil before the change and noticed it was about .25" above the max fill hole. I put 5.25 quarts in...
Cars & Shooting. I have a 1984 Monte Carlo SS and a 2011 Challenger RT. We are taking the BS to Lake of the Ozarks in a couple weeks for the Missouri State Trapshoot.
This is what we ran back in my day. The short ones were pretty loud. Sounded great on a V8. Put a set of the shorties on my V6 Chevy S-10. Sounded awful. Kind of a cross between a straight piped diesel & a Harley.
I am very picky about our cars. I run our daily drivers, Bronco Sport Badlands and Grand Cherokee Overland, through the "tunnel" carwash but I do a couple things to minimize paint damage. First, Keep it waxed. Whether it is the new SI04 Ceramic, polymer, or Old School carnauba, wax is...