[Michael Lee]

Hello, so ive had my WB Scat Pack for a while now and it has just under 1900miles - ever since i started checking the engine oil after getting gas ive grown exceedingly paranoid. The damned dipstick is so retarded i cant even.. it has a very dull mesh pattern where it says "SAFE" inside. At the bottom of the pattern there is an arrow pointing up and the letters "ADD". Ever since i started checking the oil, (5min after shutoff on level surface) its extremely hard to tell where the oil level is at accurately. Like i seriously need to squint my eyes and angle the dipstick to be able to tell anything at all.


Here is a picture the first time i checked it. Yellow arrow shows it within the SAFE area.
However, after that every time i have checked, the oil has been at the blue mark, just above the ADD arrow, and then when i tilt and angle the dipstick i can see faintly oil where i marked with the RED line. Rest of the dipstick is dry. What gives? Oil life is at 70ish %

What are your experiences owning these cars? Have you guys/gals needed to add oil before the first oil change? Note that i just drive it to work and back, occasionally cruise around and drive it a bit harder on saturdays and sundays... nothing that would call for more oil at this mileage..

If it's in the safe then is ok, do nothing; if below safe add a quart and read it again; safe area is approx a quart; my tech colleagues accuse me of thinking too much, usually they are right. Come on, SP WB holds seven quarts. So far as working mostly working from home my 21 sp wb has 8K miles and has used ZERO, Nada, Zip, Any, None, No oil. Also same for any other issues. Hope it goes this way forever. And did mid muffler delete, sounds nice, see it here...............

 

[Robert Haman]

Totally different engines, but my 2018 RAM 4500 with the Cummins specifically states a minimum of :30 for a proper oil level check. This is with either 15W40 or 5W40 synthetic engine oil.

The commonality is........both the 6.4L and 6.7L Cummins are both at the “40” end of the spectrum at operating temperatures.

I, too, only check on a cold engine, or at least after :30, on the T/A, the wife’s Grand Cherokee Limited, or the Dodge Dart, all running 5W20 Castrol Edge Synthetic.

This got off topic, This is a Challenger talk forum.