Dipstick Question

[dgc333]

The owners manual for my Ecoboost states the oil is supposed to be between the lower and upper holes on the dipstick. There is also an area between the holes that is hash marked, it starts at the lower hole but stops before the upper hole. With an oil change 6 qts of oil brings it to the top of the hash marks, it requires 7 qts to get it to the upper hole.

My questions;
Does everyone's Ecoboost the same as mine?

Do you put in 6 qts or add the 7th to get it to the top hole?

BTW, my Focus ST was the same way.

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[Waylap1]

Please just put in 6 QTS like the owners manual calls for. Adding an extra quart will do serious harm to your motor. My prayers go out for the poor slob that now owns your Focus.

 

[The Great Gazoo]

Maybe the new owner of the Focus is a neat freak and not a slob???

 

[Herr_Poopschitz]

Please just put in 6 QTS like the owners manual calls for. Adding an extra quart will do serious harm to your motor. My prayers go out for the poor slob that now owns your Focus.

Bad day?:shrug:

 

[Ecoboosted]

opcorn:

 

[04SloSnake]

Bad day?:shrug:

No, he's always like this. Must be the uncomfortable ride he has with that SRA of his. Would make anyone act that way.

 

[Tamadrummer88]

No, he's always like this. Must be the uncomfortable ride he has with that SRA of his. Would make anyone act that way.

Or maybe he's one of those grumpy cantankerous pensioners thats always cranky in one way or another.

 

[Waylap1]

Or maybe he's one of those grumpy cantankerous pensioners thats always cranky in one way or another.

Winner winner chicken dinner. And the SRA does hurt my bum.

 

[dgc333]

Please just put in 6 QTS like the owners manual calls for. Adding an extra quart will do serious harm to your motor. My prayers go out for the poor slob that now owns your Focus.

And where in my post did it say I was putting in 7 qts in either the Mustang or Focus? And what serious harm would I be doing when the owners manual clearly states the top hole is the full mark?

Really, if you can't add anything useful to a thread don't post in it.

 

[dgc333]

I am still looking for some incite into why they mark the dipstick as they do. The specified volume of oil is about a qt shy of the full mark.

 

[dragonacc]

How did you wait before checking? Might take a while for the oil to completely drain to the pan.

 

[dgc333]

After the car sat over night. I have been changing my own oil for over 40 years and these last two Ford products are the first ones that didn't come close to the full mark after an oil change. Seems odd especially when they put hash marks on the dipstick that don't go all the way to the full hole. The top of the hash marks is where the oil comes to after a change.

 

[dragonacc]

After the car sat over night. I have been changing my own oil for over 40 years and these last two Ford products are the first ones that didn't come close to the full mark after an oil change. Seems odd especially when they put hash marks on the dipstick that don't go all the way to the full hole. The top of the hash marks is where the oil comes to after a change.

Not sure honestly. I'd just go by the book. I changed the oil in my wife's Edge last weekend with the book amount and it did reach the bottom of the top hole. I don't recall how high it was when I changed the oil in the EB.

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