You don't say whether oil is touching dipstick or dry. Assuming it's dry, I see three possibilities:

1) Oil level is so low that you haven't reached dipstick level

2) Oil dipstick is damaged or misinstalled so dipstick does not touch oil level.

3) Oil drain galleries are blocked and oil is being held up on the valve cover, possibly draining very slowly. If so oil level should eventually rise.

good luck

 

Not trying to get too far off topic - OP follow the suggestions given.

"UhOh" - have you replaced the poor old pcv recently? If not buy a new one, they are cheap, and replace. Don't try cleaning the old one.

 

Yes, thanks for the thought! I've a newish PCV valve.

 

there are 2 topics in 1 thread, with 2 posters,,very confusing,,

either way, the simple solution is to change your oil with the proper amount of oil....

poster 2,, i bet your rack is full of fluid as mod suggested,,time to get dirty

 

HI let me make this as clear as I can. I have poured oil into the car and it is like when I pour oil into the car it is going somewhere else. When I look at the stick the oil is gone. It is not going on the ground it is going somewhere else in the engine. That is what I am talking about. I hope this is clear.

Thanks

 

Please understand, when you say you have "poured oil into the car" we really don't know what that means to you. The fact is, it is impossible for oil to just disappear, so most likely you're pouring it into the wrong spot or you're checking the incorrect dipstick.

 

Image for fluid locations.

 

I probably helped confuse everyone.

I thought Steadyone was losing PS fluid but not leaking OUT. So I suggested inside the air-spaces of the steering rack. My mistake, his PS fluid leaks out but his ENGINE oil disappears mysteriously. Do I have that right this time?

You can be burning some oil without much smoke, but that doesn't fit his description in post #5. I don't have any good ideas about that, other than waiting for the oil you just poured in to make it's way down into the pan.

 

Nah, the confusion was already evident.

 

I love this thread! Great information and very useful.