Has anybody figured out how to read the oil level in the 3.0 Liter Mitsubishi V-6 engine that can be found in Voyagers and other minivans?
- I tried leaving the dipstick out for 15 minutes. This seems to give a somewhat clear reading on the BACK of the dipstick.
- It appears that oil is always leaking down the stick so it appears FULL when it is not.
- Why did they do this? I have enough things in life to make me feel stupid. Dipsticks used to be easy to read.
Why do many sharp bends in the dipstick? I was tempted to feed a tiny tube down the hole to try and get an accurate reading.
Anyway, I am using 5W-30 semi-synthetic Conoco/Kendall. I am going to add dinosaur 5W-30, a cheap brand for topping off.
I noticed that Conoco/Kendall has a: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY (KENDALL MOTOR OIL) KENDALL GT-1 HIGH MILEAGE SYNTHETIC BLEND 5W-30 SL
Would this be the cat's meow for the coming 200,000 mile club?
I wonder where I would get this stuff anyhow.
Talking of fluids, I was amazed to see that ATF+3 is being sold by a variety of oil companies now. Okay, how much risk is there as compared to the ATF+3 [7176E?] of OEM by Chrysler? I would still prefer the Chrysler product. Any thoughts from those in the know?