ODbuilt

So I changed my motor oil myself & the oil filter . I used one small bottle of Castrol GTX 10w-30 oil . 5 mins after the change I checked the dipstick and there was no oil on it . So I turned the car on and let it idle for a little . I checked the dipstick again and the oil was half way up the stick , what could be wrong ? Also I put antifreeze in and then drove around the block for a little , came back home and checked it and it had like nothing in the radiatior , the overflow was bubbling too .

Freemananana

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I think you are doing this wrong. You car needs almost 4 quarts (small bottles) of oil. Not 1. When the car is running, oil moves. The dipstick gets oil on it. You wipe off the oil and then put it back in and check it. As for antifreeze, did you bleed the system of air? You have to fill it, bleed it, fill it, bleed it, ect until there is no air. Then I usually put some in the overflow tank. There is a min and a max marked on it.

ODbuilt

My friend said I needed around 4 bottles but I didn't wanna mess anything up in the long run . But how would I bleed the system of air ?

F22Master

How much oil did you put in, in total?

ODbuilt

One of the small bottles

jlicrx

949

are you being serious?
did you drive it with only 1 quart bottle of oil in the engine?

ODbuilt

Yeah because I wasnt sure how much to put in . But I was driving around the block a few times

ODbuilt

Thank you !

Freemananana

iTrader: (3)

Google it next time! Please One is not enough. Hopefully nothing happened to the motor.

90_EX_Civic

how much torque did you put on the drain plug, and how much torque did you put on the filter?

tell me you didn't over torque them?

ODbuilt

I couldn't find the drain plug for the coolant so I did the hose way & I didn't over torque the filter

ODbuilt

I know I just wasnt thinking about googling everything but I will if I'm iffy about anything else !

Riceburner247

iTrader: (1)

I refuse to believe that the OP is serious.

If you don't know how to work on an engine, DON'T. Especially if you can't take 2 minutes to research a simple question.