How to Check the Engine Oil Level on a Car

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Doug, I work with 20 great guys in St. Louis at Doug Jenkins Custom Hot Rods and we're going to do some work for you today on Expert Village. So Dave has put what he feels is the right amount of motor oil in it and he's going to start the car up for a minute, let it run. Let it run long enough so it has its chance to circulate the oil and then let it rest for probably a minute or 2 minutes so the motor oil all has a chance to run down. Don't trust that the dipstick is cleaned, go ahead and wipe it off, reinsert the dipstick and take a look at it and make sure it's in between the marks. This one is a little bit below the mark, so he's going to add some oil to it. But you definitely don't want to over add and some of them will say 1 quart or something on the dipstick so that you know about how much you're down. See this one is a little bit low. So Dave will add just a little bit of oil there to bring it up. So this is one of those deals that's 4 1/2 quarts, so you'll end up with a 1/2 of quart of oil in your garage. And there's a hole at the bottom and the top extremes. "