How to Read 2007 Prius Oil Dipstick

  1. StephenJ

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    Hey guys, how much oil does the dipstick account for? If it'south say .25" - .50" beneath the top dot how much oil is that? Also, when yous get the oil changed somewhere does it commonly end up correct on the top dot?

    BTW information technology's not my motorcar so I can't just make full it upwards to meet. I'm auto shopping. This is specific to a 2011 if it varies from twelvemonth to year.

    Cheers!
    Stephen

  2. I judge you fabricated it to Virginia Embankment :).

    That would be about a i/three of a quart.

    Proficient luck (y),

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    Cheers! How many miles does it typically accept the oil to plough from honey color to dingy looking?

    Car has dear colored oil and I'm trying to judge miles. Looks like it's used about one/3 or a qt or so.

  4. Possibly they merely inverse the oil.
  5. That's what normally happens and information technology was probably filled to that level;).

    You will not be able to estimate oil fire with it sitting on the lot or on a brusque test drive.

    Good luck and let the states know how it works out(y)

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    Don't quote me, but I believe I read somewhere that there'southward a 1.vi quart drop between the high and low marks on the dipstick.
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    What I'k trying to Guage is if oil starts looking dark at 500 miles then the machine drank quite a scrap since the oil is still honey and it's i/3 qt low
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    I wouldn't put too much stock in assuming that the dealer filled the oil level to exactly the top marker. Mine notoriously overfills my crankcase with their majority oil.

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    When I alter my oil I commonly put in four one/3 quarts to get it on the upper fill up limit (top hole). When the oil new it'southward relatively clear and difficult to read. Afterwards a thousand miles or so the oil starts to go dear colored. At oil change time (5k my car) the oil is darker but still very transparent. I choose 5k intervals due to the short trip conditions. My car is a 2012 with slightly less that 50k on the clock.
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    Same here, with my 'xiv. The Prius is the first automobile that I take used total synthetic. I could barely see the oil after information technology was changed. I checked yesterday and it was transparent, simply darker dear colored. This is with 7.5k miles since the last oil change. With dino oil, a comparable color would expect similar oil later on 1k miles.
  11. Can anyone confirm or refute this? It would be good to know. I e'er just causeless that information technology was a quart between the 2 marks.
  12. Yeah it's shown in Maintenance section of Ownner's Transmission: 1.6 qt or ane.5 litre. The 2 pips measure out 1.5" apart too.

    I believe fill up to top marking is four.5 qt? I go with the metric 4.2 litre. Both those are WITH oil filter modify. Without is maybe .two litre less?

    When measuring the dipstick, if you await five min earlier reinserting to check, it'll be a lot easier to read. I guess oil tends to be fatigued upward into the guide tube, and the wait allows it to drain.

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    Question - If oil is barely registered on the dipstick, how much oil is left in the pan itself?
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    Thanks. I checked my oil this morning and there was just the smallest amount on the bottom of the dipstick. I panicked and bought 3 quarts at Toyota and poured it in, but then it looked way over. Mayhap it'll settle properly in the evening?
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    not likely.

    but check it in the morn and drain the backlog. do not kickoff the motorcar until it is at or below full.

    are y'all called-for a lot of oil? how many miles on her?

  17. I've found advisedly measured fill of 4.4 qts (specd qty) put the oil level almost 1/4" below meridian marking. Distance betwixt marks is roughly 1.5 qts, according to Toyota. Altitude between marks is also roughly one.5".

    You should be able to extrapolate from the higher up.

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    the problem is determining the oil level on the stick
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    Effectually 160,000. Currently called-for oil like crazy, but I've been in the mountains the last 7 weeks so lots of uphill driving which pushes the engine. I topped off the oil when I got here which put information technology around the halfway marking between the dots.

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