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Checking your car or trucks engine oil

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brought to you by 1A auto.com your source for Quality replacement parts and the best service on the internet call a very basic Car Care item at this video is going to be geared more towards really the new driver or somebody that doesn't know really anything about the car butts curious to learn start with a vehicle on a level surface if you have a garage that's level or a gas station filling area is level and then open the hood or the engine compartment Hood lever is usually on the bottom left side of the driver side you could see here and it usually has kind of this open hood universal symbol see here Ellen's up the door looks for the handle for she kind of looks up underneath then she finds it and pulls firmly the secondary safety latch underneath you can see this one pulls up sometimes they'll pull to the side if you have trouble consult your manual  next locate the engine oil dip on most newer Vehicles they try to make it pretty obvious you can see on the Jetta it's right there circled in blue  on this new regime truck is right there in yellow right next to the oil fill and then on some Vehicles now you may have to just do a little bit of looking is not an immediate view but if any look down a little for you'll see it  now remove the dipstick and wipe off any extra oil and see here Ella struggles a little bit but with a little bit of force that dipstick pulls up and out she's already got a paper towel there and wipes off the end whip off any extra oil okay before we go further let's get familiar with what the dipstick is you can see we have three hear the top one is from the VW Jetta were working on the middle one is from an older car and the bottom one is from a later style GM truck zooming in on the ends of the lipsticks you can see the middle ones marked best they all have their different way of showing the range where the oil should be I should be between the ad and full marks a little one then there's men Max's on the top and then the bottom one just has a grid on it  reinsert the dipstick all the way into the tube show all pushes the stick down in fully make sure it's all the way down there very important if you don't make sure that the dipstick is booked all back in then you'll get a lower reading and it'll spur you to add more oil and running the engine with extra oil can be dangerous it can lead to damage to your catalytic converter as well as damage to other internal parts so put the dipstick in all the way okay this is where we get to the good now remove the dipstick and check the oil level  how can Ella poles dipstick back out little trouble  has a Reagan end and then oh she makes one crucial mistake tipping the dipstick back like this can actually cause a higher than actual reading so you want to hold the dipstick either level or actually tip down slightly  what are Jetta hear the sexy has to be one of the worst dip sticks but the oil levels right about at the max level here you can see on the I'm truck on the front side I put the oil of about there sometimes if you turn them over it can be easier and on the backside you can see the duo level stops right there between the 4th marks  is he here on our older vehicle it's a little hard to tell in the front side but then if you flip it over  you build a see that any Mark where tens that's the level right there after checking you'll reinsert the dipstick again all the way now if you need to to turn your oil grade and add if you're below the minimum on our GM truck it's pretty easy the oil cap plainly says SAE 5w 30 radel also be published in your mail under the oil section  and when you go to purchase oil the oil is very plainly marked with the grade and viscosity and as far as filling it you got to find your you need to find the oil fill cap on most newer cars they're pretty obvious here on the Jetta and circled in red fill cap right on the GM truck again right there with the dipstick that will cap is Fun Center and sometimes the Caps can be a little hard to deal with as elephant's help predators  does it hurt to bring in a pair of pliers if need be  and usually if you're below minimum adding 1 quart of oil which is one small bottle usually does the trick  as LLC chili points out use a funnel to help you not spill after you add the oil obviously replace the fuel cap and check your oil again and make sure that you are Wake Within the acceptable level  thanks for tuning in we hope this video helped you out next time you need parts for your car please visit 1 a auto.com also check out our other help how to as well as diagnosis videos

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