'Brought my 4runner in for the 1st oil change and I provided the wrong info to the mechanic. Namely I erred in assigning the oil quantity of the V8 to the V6. So I just drained some oil , myself, after driving 2 days - to bring it back from a quart over full.
My question is regarding the dip stick. I have been driving almost 40 years and have driven many different cars. However I do not recall a dipstick that was as baffling as this one is. The past dipsticks have always been quite clear and obvious.
There are two dots on each side of this dipstick. One side has protruding dots and the other has indented dots.
When checking the oil level, one side of the dipstick shows oil way up the stick. The other, which would have to be the valid side, shows oil with thinner gradients up between and perhaps a touch beyond the upper dot.
I say perhaps because the oil level is just hard to determine where it ends off. When it came from the factory I obviously just left it where it was. As it became dirtier it seems that I could read it better. Now I am using synthetic.
All in all, I know how to read a dipstick ( keep it between the two dots, basically) but this one has oil all over the dipstick. I don't want to drive with insufficient oil.
Any observations and or suggestions as to how to read this Toyota
4runner dipstick ?