i think i asked this before....but since i have done a mini me swap i really want to know how much oil i have. my d16a6 dipstick never reaches the bottom or smething....every time i do a full oil change with 3.8 quarts it barely touches the oil. any way to solve this?

 

You are still using your stock d16a6 block right? With the mini-me only the head is changed so I don't really know why it would change how much oil is measured. Where is the oil registering on the dipstick?

 

sorry i didnt clearify....before i even did the mini me my dipstick AT FULL 3.8 quarts would only barely touch the lower hole on teh dip stick. Now since i did a mini me. i would like ot make sure i have more then 1.8 quarts of oil so vtec would engage...in other words i want to know if i have enough oil to get enough oil preassure to engage vtec.
my dipstick doesnt show HOW MUCH REAL oil i have...i thought that this was normal for the a6? is my oil pan just caked iwth oil? thats why i cant see ****?

 

fill the car with enough oil to read correctly on the dipstick.

 

that would be the worst idea ever.

if he already put the right amount of oil in the car,why would he put more in,just so it'll read on the dip-stick

 

Try a friends dipstick? I dont see any reason why the correct dipstick would not read the oil level correctly, even if the oil pen were dented it should still read.

 

when i first got the car...i looked at the dip stick it read ZERO oil...so i hurried up and threw in a quart of oil. when i got home later that day to change the oil...a whole **** load came out...could it be that the person before me used or replaced a wrong dipstick?
if so i have a d15 dipstick lying around here is that ok to use?

oh yea is ther a def way to tell which dipstick it is? can some one go and tell me how long their dipstick is

 

Did no one else laugh at the title?

 

Grab a dipstick out of a junkyard or find another EF owner and ask to borrow theirs.
Physically compare your dipstick with a known good one...its that easy.