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Originally Posted by stevegillings
I find it difficult to read my Tacoma's oil stick. The oil always seems to be all over the place. This has never happened to me before with any other vehicle. Anybody else experience this? Any way to avoid it?
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Yes ...
check it cold after the truck has sat all night. Works great. I've found the oil level only increases 1 or 2 mm on the stick when fully hot, so the difference is negligible.
On the over filling ... a little bit won't hurt. On my first oil change the level came out about 1/4 inch above FULL and I ran it with no problems. The factory might actually over fill slightly just to make sure the level stays up if the motor does burn a little during break-in.