When is an oil leak not an oil leak?

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#1212418 12-Jan-2015 12:02

Parking in the same place as I did last week (overnight from 9pm - noon), I checked the oil and found it to be on the max fill line.
That was after 195km of driving over the week

So, it would seem that I don't really have an oil leak
Just a faulty process of checking my oil

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#1212425 12-Jan-2015 12:08

OMG the entire thread needs to be retracted LOL ;p

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#1212426 12-Jan-2015 12:10

nzkiwiman: Parking in the same place as I did last week (overnight from 9pm - noon), I checked the oil and found it to be on the max fill line.
That was after 195km of driving over the week

So, it would seem that I don't really have an oil leak
Just a faulty process of checking my oil

Perhaps the shape of the sump contributed to that.

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#1212441 12-Jan-2015 12:27

Thats good to hear :)

just remember to keep doing in the same place now

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#1212517 12-Jan-2015 13:44

We will check again next week just to be sure

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#1217352 19-Jan-2015 10:02

Next week is here, travelled 205km in the week and checking oil in the same parking spot (and after letting it sit for 5 hours to "drip"), the oil level was mostly full.
Not as full as last week, as the max fill bubble was not covered

So yeah, thread close

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#1217371 19-Jan-2015 10:29

Good on ya. Which oil did u decide your car likes

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#1217384 19-Jan-2015 10:37

Last time I put oil in it myself I put in 10W-40
I found a couple of manuals online that said 5W-30, 10W-40 and 15W-40 should all be ok, and the books at Repco and Supercheap back that up

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#1217488 19-Jan-2015 11:50

Yes but it is possible the car is hungrier on one oil than another.

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