Dipstick

[attrapereves]

Does anyone else find the Yaris oil dipstick hard to read? I changed my oil yesterday and find it near impossible to tell where the actual oil level is. I see light marks of oil going up and inch or two past the high point. I only put 3.5qt of oil in, so there is no way I put too much in.

[tmontague]

this is a well known "problem" with the yaris. I'd recommend you buy a valve controlled funnel with measurements on the side and fill your oil filter and then engine with that to the specified amount.

Proper amount is:
3.7L w/ the filter
3.4L w/ out filter

run the engine for a few hundred km's and then check it after it's been sitting for a few mins on level ground. It should then be more legible and should roughly be to the top of the hatched lines. You'll never get a straight crisp line on the dipstick with the 1nz engine

[bairjo]

my dipstick doesn't get checked like it used to...pretty much dry on both sides.

Oh wait...never mind...I misunderstood the thread and thought it was about something else. :eyebulge:

[nookandcrannycar]

my dipstick doesn't get checked like it used to...pretty much dry on both sides.

Oh wait...never mind...I misunderstood the thread and thought it was about something else. :eyebulge:

:bellyroll:

[shepd]

On cars with hard to read dipsticks (or just poor lighting in the area) I like to lay a paper towel on the end of the dipstick and check where the oil stain goes to. :)

[Kalispel]

Not sure how much the dip stick has changed over the Yaris years, but on mine I have to flip it over after taking it out, and read the designated area where the bends are on the dipstick - which I assume are there to keep oil on stick, as not to scrape/smear off while removing it (like it does on the other side of stick).

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