Oil Level
06-30-2008, 03:47 PM
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Oil Level
Hey everyone,
I just got the 911 back a couple weeks ago. She is running strong. Put the new exhaust on last weekend as well. I will post a sound clip shortly for everyone to hear her purring. But I do have a question on the oil level. When the car is cold the oil level shows in the red. As the car warms up it is around
3-4 o'clock on the gauge, but when I hit the throttle it goes into the red again.
I know how important oil is for these older air cooled engines, I don't want to deprive it. I check the stick at warm idle and I am in the middle of min and max. Is this behavior normal? Is it just the gauge? Thanks everyone.
I just got the 911 back a couple weeks ago. She is running strong. Put the new exhaust on last weekend as well. I will post a sound clip shortly for everyone to hear her purring. But I do have a question on the oil level. When the car is cold the oil level shows in the red. As the car warms up it is around
3-4 o'clock on the gauge, but when I hit the throttle it goes into the red again.
I know how important oil is for these older air cooled engines, I don't want to deprive it. I check the stick at warm idle and I am in the middle of min and max. Is this behavior normal? Is it just the gauge? Thanks everyone.
06-30-2008, 03:56 PM
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That's normal. The gauge is just there to give you a hint. To check the oil, get the engine up to operating temp (180 or so), then check it while it's idling on a level surface. You want the oil between the high and low mark.
Running a quart low is not as big a deal in a high-capacity oil system as it would be in a wet sump engine.
Running a quart low is not as big a deal in a high-capacity oil system as it would be in a wet sump engine.
06-30-2008, 04:32 PM
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That's normal. The gauge is just there to give you a hint. To check the oil, get the engine up to operating temp (180 or so), then check it while it's idling on a level surface. You want the oil between the high and low mark.
Running a quart low is not as big a deal in a high-capacity oil system as it would be in a wet sump engine.
Running a quart low is not as big a deal in a high-capacity oil system as it would be in a wet sump engine.
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