did my first oil change (and what i learned in the process)

[joemama]

So I did my oil change and rotated the tires.... one week later because life always throws curve balls.

Everything went super smoothly, the clips and bolts holding the shield are a breeze to work with (i.e. none of those stupid center push lock tabs that break when you so much as look at them funny).

Only thing, and I now believe the threads on this topic, is that the dip stick is impossible to read, at least to my eye. I must have pulled it out, wiped and checked about 10 times and I never seem to be able to know if it's good. I put in 5.4L per the manual and sometimes I get oil spots above the orange plastic, other times I get what looks to be closer to the minimum line.
Decided to let it sit over night and I'll check tomorrow but any tricks to know exactly?

My wife's Mazda 3 can be read by someone on the cusp of legal blindness, I wish it was that easy on the ITS.

I gave up trying to tell my oil reading lol. Just bought chasing J's titanium dipstick to get accurate reads. When I did the first change I put in 5 qts and eye balled less than half of a qt - called it a day lol.

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[StingertimeNC]

Our dipstick is lame. Same deal here. I put in 5.5 qts and it seems good. what happened to the good old fashioned dipstick!