Oil Minimum Reading After Oil Change
12-31-2018, 09:22 AM
#16
Specifically to your question, the bars you see are only about .45 quarts each and represent only the last couple quarts of the fill.
12-31-2018, 12:07 PM
#18
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The manual in my 987 says each of the bars on the oil level display equals 1/4 of a litre. So if it’s showing minimum reached and there are four bars to the top the level is low by 1 litre.
12-31-2018, 02:46 PM
#19
Yes, I agree. I have worked for a large German company most of my life. They create fantastic mechanical things, but they also over engineer a a lot of things. The worst is software. They are terrible at it because they have a strong belief in giving people 15 different ways to so the same thing rather than one simple one. There is a reason the PCM manual on our cars is as big as the complete owners manual for many other cars. I always tell my colleagues that thank God Steve Jobs wasnt born German or else the iPhone would have had 32 buttons on it and a manual as thick as a phone book!
01-15-2019, 03:43 AM
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Thx Guys.
Eventually ended up with about 8.8 qts. Perfect. I guess the 8 hour drain really cleaned the motor out. Gauge reads full and I’m happy. I sure miss a good old fashioned dipstick...
thx,
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01-15-2019, 11:15 AM
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Exactly what I use each time to get 3 green segments but not four, 8.8 quarts. Note that I do an overnight drain when I do my oil changes, as I posted earlier in this thread. I don't know how much difference that makes for the amount of oil to add, never done it any other way. I do the long drain for 2 reasons, to get more old oil out and to cool the engine parts down. I don't remove the oil filter until the next day when I get under to replace the drain plug. Oil in the filter is cool and engine parts are too.
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01-15-2019, 12:47 PM
#22
Twice, I have done an oil change on my '14 Cayman, putting in enough oil to get to the top bar, and two weeks later I got a too much oil warning. I don't know if the oil sheared slightly or what. I was probably on the edge and temperature or terrain caused the sensor to read high. One of the two times it went away and did not come back. The other was consistent and I had to drain 1/4 liter from the oil filter cannister.
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01-15-2019, 01:50 PM
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Twice, I have done an oil change on my '14 Cayman, putting in enough oil to get to the top bar, and two weeks later I got a too much oil warning. I don't know if the oil sheared slightly or what. I was probably on the edge and temperature or terrain caused the sensor to read high. One of the two times it went away and did not come back. The other was consistent and I had to drain 1/4 liter from the oil filter cannister.
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As noted in my earlier post, ideally you want to be in the middle of the low/high range to accommodate some expansion.