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09-20-2015, 08:29 PM
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 Drives: 2010 Yaris 2dr 5spd Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: KCMO
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Dipstick
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.
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09-20-2015, 08:55 PM
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Drives: '08 2zr swapped Vios M/T Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Caledonia Ont.
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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
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09-21-2015, 01:22 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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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. 
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09-21-2015, 02:32 AM
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Drives: 2('14+'07)MT 3d ,wHandCrWndws! Join Date: May 2009
Location: S.MontgomeryCnty,TX(HoustonMSA) '07=BayouBlue=300,125miles=OrigOwnr '14=ClassicSilvr=29,059miles
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09-21-2015, 11:31 PM
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Drives: 2007 Yaris 5 door RS Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Kitchener, ON
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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. :)
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09-22-2015, 01:12 PM
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Drives: '15 Yaris SE 5MT Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Arizona (USA)
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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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