Oil Level Check Question

mokhan996 · 10-25-2018, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Are you the Nissan tech who left their lunch under my hood??

You're overthinking this. Drain oil while oil is warm and car is level. Fill with 5 qts fresh oil. Wait a few minutes for oil to settle in pan. Check dipstick.

Based on my dealership knowledge and experience, I guess it shouldn't surprise me that these questions are coming from someone who has been a Nissan tech for 3 years

Yeah dude like when I started working here they trained me to follow the "Oil Capacity Chart" which tells you how many quarts to fill judging on year and model of the car, but that chart half the time is wrong and misleading. Of course when techs work on customer cars they're like "oh its not my car" mentality which I despise. I'' throw in 5 tonight and let the car run for a little and I'll check where the level is

Falconquey · 10-25-2018, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by mokhan996

Yeah dude like when I started working here they trained me to follow the "Oil Capacity Chart" which tells you how many quarts to fill judging on year and model of the car, but that chart half the time is wrong and misleading. Of course when techs work on customer cars they're like "oh its not my car" mentality which I despise. I'' throw in 5 tonight and let the car run for a little and I'll check where the level is

Again, exactly why I avoid dealerships.

mokhan996 · 10-25-2018, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Falconquey

Again, exactly why I avoid dealerships.

I honestly don't blame you bud, I really don't. Lol. If I didn't know how to work on my own, I'd never in my life bring it to a dealer unless theres a recall. That's it.

vtec to vvel · 10-25-2018, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by mokhan996

I've been working at Nissan as a tech for 3 years but when it comes to my own car, I become paranoid and clueless to life lol. OCD thing I guess

So if you work on other people’s cars, you couldn’t give two sh*ts whether you thoroughly perform the job or not and accurately?

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Originally Posted by mokhan996

Yeah dude like when I started working here they trained me to follow the "Oil Capacity Chart" which tells you how many quarts to fill judging on year and model of the car, but that chart half the time is wrong and misleading. Of course when techs work on customer cars they're like "oh its not my car" mentality which I despise. I'' throw in 5 tonight and let the car run for a little and I'll check where the level is

The oil capacity in the manual and your chart is based on an empty engine. When you drain the oil of your engine, you will not get 100% all of it out.

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Originally Posted by mokhan996

If I didn't know how to work on my own, I'd never in my life bring it to a dealer

What? So then if you knew how to work on your own, you’d bring it to the dealer?

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