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Dip stick metric

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by gliderman, Feb 1, 2016.

  1. gliderman

    gliderman Active Member

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    Has anyone determined the amount of oil between the oil full dot and the oil low dot on the dip stick?
     
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    1.6 US quarts? Think it's in the manual somewhere.

    Yeah, page 427:

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    that's A LOT/
    I wouldn't want to drive around with pretty much one third of the oil missing//
     
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    Mendel Leisk Senior Member

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    Just put another mark on it, one quart down, lol.
     
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    Toyota very likely tested to be sure you're still safe at or above the low mark. Let it drop any lower, though, and you're risking major damage.
     
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    Never mind...
     
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    all you need is a thin film.
     
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    Thanks! I was roughly a quarter lower than I had filled it for my 90k change, so I guess the engine (I said engine instead of ICE :) ) burned roughly 0.4 quarts over 10k miles. Not bad. This means I can lose 1.6 quarts before I have to top up and if the loss is linear, I'll be there at 360k miles. That would be just fine by me.
     
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    .4 qt over 10,000 miles is very minor.
     
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