oil probs :S

[brendosv6]

hey everyone

ill keep it short and sweet done a service today drained oil changed filter etc refilled with oil check dipstick to get level and its not reading a level at all took for a drive checked again no level, been 5 hours now checked it again and still no reading. any ideas what could be causing this, has been running abit rough last few weeks and starting to cause alarm bells any help would be appreciated

 

[Androo]

Is it possible the oil is so clean you can't see it on the dipstick ?
Otherwise are you sure you put enough oil in ?
Can you see any leaks ?
Add more oil until you can see the level ebfore you drive again.

 

[MiKExAUS]

did you measure the oil you put in correctly? 6.5litres?

 

[brendosv6]

Yer mate deff put enough oil in there checked for leaks and the is none

 

[Sabbath']

Are you putting the oil in the right place?

 

[Drewie]

Is the dipstick going all the way in? Not fouling on something? Have you put in the correct amount of oil?

 

[diysv6]

Was your oil filter "clean" looking with no buildup between the filters segments?
Was the oil filter bowl clean and had drained back OK or was it covered by a heavy greasy deposit?
I have attached an image of a gunked oil filer that I found somewhere on this site. My thanks to the contributor.

If a build up was present then your engine may be starting to gunk/sludge up. I certainly hope not.

 

[brendosv6]

hey mate no the filter wasn't like that thank god and the bowl seemed to be pretty reasonably clean

 

[EYY]

You haven't put enough oil in if it isn't reading on the dipstick... They take shitloads.

 

[morphix]

If a build up was present then your engine may be starting to gunk/sludge up. I certainly hope not.
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If i ever found that in my oil filter, i'd cry hah.. Looks like vegemite