Agreed that is the best way. Hashmarks facing the passenger side of the car. Also checking it cold after sitting overnight just pull it out don't wipe and have a look at it as it sits is pretty good too. Then wipe and recheck to confirm.
Well yeah that's why we are here for $hit like that
Ironically, it's precisely the advance in technology that makes it difficult to read the dipstick. Modern engines are built to much tighter tolerances, and modern synthetic oils do a much better job than their ancestors did. You can drive for thousands of miles and still have a thin, transparent oil in your engine.
The other cars also use the same "modern synthetic oil".Ironically, it's precisely the advance in technology that makes it difficult to read the dipstick. Modern engines are built to much tighter tolerances, and modern synthetic oils do a much better job than their ancestors did. You can drive for thousands of miles and still have a thin, transparent oil in your engine.
Twenty years ago my oil used to be black after six hundred miles - perfectly easy to read on any kind of dipstick, even with one eye closed.
Yes, and they have the same problem that we do. If you do a quick search on the internet you'll find this issue discussed in various other forums, for various other brands. It's not a Mustang thing. It's not even a Ford thing.
my other daily cars over the years 2007, 2016 honda accord, 2018 civic, and 2006, 2011 minivan and I always never had problem reading the oil dip stick on any one of them. plus their location of the dip stick is very easy to get to.
That tends to be the case with transversally mounted engines. The Coyote isn't that bad either after you remove the sound tube. I've removed mine, and now using the disptick is a breeze (except reading it, that's a different story
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That is not my experience. Had four other cars over the last 5-6 years. Mitsubishi x 2, Toyota, Audi. No problem there.
