Avensis Verso 2.0Vvti Engine

[KenMavor]

Can someone tell me how on earth you gauge how much oil is in the engine by using the oil dipstick? Going on a journey over the weekend and wanted to check the dipstick to see how the oil was. It's absolutely useless!! The oil comes up about 4 inches above the maximum mark every time and I've followed the correct process for measuring and getting the engine hot etc.

The dipstick seems to me a major design fault in that it doesn't actually do what it's meant to!! OK there does seem to be a slightly darker oil further down the dipstick but how on earth will that work when you have fresh oil in it?

Can anyone enlighten me as to how I should be reading the dipstick.

Thanks

Ken

[dervdave]

Can someone tell me how on earth you gauge how much oil is in the engine by using the oil dipstick? Going on a journey over the weekend and wanted to check the dipstick to see how the oil was. It's absolutely useless!! The oil comes up about 4 inches above the maximum mark every time and I've followed the correct process for measuring and getting the engine hot etc.

The dipstick seems to me a major design fault in that it doesn't actually do what it's meant to!! OK there does seem to be a slightly darker oil further down the dipstick but how on earth will that work when you have fresh oil in it?

Can anyone enlighten me as to how I should be reading the dipstick.

Thanks

Ken

Not quite sure what the problem is Ken, but I`ve always checked the oil when the engine is cold before the first start on a morning, pull out the dipstick, wipe,replace,pull out again and even with clean fresh oil you should be able to see the level on the dipstick when turned against the sunlight.