Posted: Mar 04 2008 at 8:40am | IP Logged

I think your Dipstick isn't long enough.

My first girlfriend to me the very same thing...  I traded her in in!

DaChief

Posted: Mar 05 2008 at 7:53pm | IP Logged

thedave360

I'm sure you're smarter than this, but I just have to ask.  You are checking the oil with the engine off and on level ground right?  In order to get the most accurate read, make sure the truck is warm and hasn't been running for 5-10 minutes.  Sometimes the manufacturer will put the dipstick tube right under one of the oil return holes in the cylinder head which will drip oil on it for a few minutes causing an incorrect reading.

Posted: Mar 05 2008 at 10:53pm | IP Logged

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thedave360;

There are to sizes of Nisson Oil filters that I know of. They are inter changeable when you screw them on the Frontier 3.3 V-6 or the 1.8 I-4 Sentra. But one holds more oil. The ‘truck” filter (#15208-9E000) is larger but I use it on our Sentra also but have to add a little more oil than the call-out.

 My ’76 401 Wagoneer reads ˝ a quart low after properly changing oil and filter so I filed a full mark on the dip stick. Take your dip stick to a Nissan parts department and compare them.

Have a good one while you can still laugh about it.. Don S..

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