Timeline for Do you need to start engine to check level while doing an oil and filter?
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| Oct 19, 2018 at 19:20 | comment | added | agent provocateur | Oil level differs due to cold vs hot, engine ran recently vs not. | |
| Oct 19, 2018 at 6:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackMechanics/status/1053164126833442816 | ||
| Oct 19, 2018 at 4:56 | answer | added | Greg H | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 18, 2018 at 9:57 | answer | added | Mark Smid | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 18, 2018 at 9:14 | answer | added | Steve Matthews | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 18, 2018 at 8:13 | answer | added | Nick C♦ | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 18, 2018 at 8:11 | comment | added | Nick C♦ | @alephzero Except there's always some left in the system, so you normally need to add less than the amount specified... | |
| Oct 18, 2018 at 5:15 | comment | added | Solar Mike | @alephzero I had an external filter on mine - held a litre, mounted vertical so no loss when changing... | |
| Oct 18, 2018 at 1:03 | answer | added | PeteCon | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 17, 2018 at 21:41 | comment | added | alephzero | If you fill with the correct amount of oil (as specified in the handbook) you don't need to check the level at all. In any case, the amount of oil in the filter is probably less than the difference between the MAX and MIN marks on the dipstick. | |
| Oct 17, 2018 at 21:39 | history | edited | James Wilson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 17, 2018 at 21:29 | history | asked | James Wilson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |