Where'd the oil go?
Thread Starter
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 308
Likes: 4
From: Tennessee, USA
Red GLK350, blue '87 Toyota Land Cruiser
Where'd the oil go?
Car sitting on level ground 2-3 days. Pull the dip stick, dry, nada. Run the engine a minute, shut it off 5 min, pull dipstick, oil level full. Where was the oil hiding? Normally, if anything, oil will read a bit low after just being shut off until it drains down from the heads, etc.
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 2,118
Likes: 271
'13 GLK350 4matic,'10 C207,'15 GLA250,'07 Honda Odyssey, '18 GLE 43, '24 EQS 580
This was discussed before. Try do a search on the forum. The engine has a seal that you need to break (done by pulling and pushing back the dip stick) for you to see the level of oil. The owners manual also tells you to do the same action "pull, push and pull again". Don't be alarmed it is normal.
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 1,522
Likes: 3
From: East Texas
2004 Volvo XC70; 2012 GLK 350 4matic
For the sake of accuracy...quoted with a smile.
Grinning. Merry Christmas, Y'all! 
Wayne
It was now the Virginian’s turn to bet, or leave the game, and he did not speak at once.
Therefore Trampas spoke. “Your bet, you son-of-a--.”
The Virginian’s pistol came out, and his hand lay on the table, holding it unaimed. And with a voice as gentle as ever, the voice that sounded almost like a caress, but drawling a very little more than usual, so that there was almost a space between each word, he issued his orders to the man Trampas: “When you call me that, SMILE.” And he looked at Trampas across the table.
Yes, the voice was gentle. But in my ears it seemed as if somewhere the bell of death was ringing; and silence, like a stroke, fell on the large room.
The Virgian,Owen Wister
Therefore Trampas spoke. “Your bet, you son-of-a--.”
The Virginian’s pistol came out, and his hand lay on the table, holding it unaimed. And with a voice as gentle as ever, the voice that sounded almost like a caress, but drawling a very little more than usual, so that there was almost a space between each word, he issued his orders to the man Trampas: “When you call me that, SMILE.” And he looked at Trampas across the table.
Yes, the voice was gentle. But in my ears it seemed as if somewhere the bell of death was ringing; and silence, like a stroke, fell on the large room.
The Virgian,Owen Wister
Wayne
Super Member
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 831
Likes: 13
From: N.C. USA
2015, ML250 BlueTEC
Dipstick
Car sitting on level ground 2-3 days. Pull the dip stick, dry, nada. Run the engine a minute, shut it off 5 min, pull dipstick, oil level full. Where was the oil hiding? Normally, if anything, oil will read a bit low after just being shut off until it drains down from the heads, etc.
