Oil dip stick calibration question.

[Will.iam]

I have a TSIO-360MB engine and when i do an oil change, i put in 8 quarts but the oil dip stick only shows 7. I know some oil goes into the oil filter but a whole quart? So then the question is did the manufacturer want actual 8 in the oil pan or do i have an oil dip stick with the wrong calibration marks? Where this gets really important is my engine will blow overboard 2 of those 8 quarts within an hour or so of operation. But then my oil stick will show 4 after shutdown with the extra quart showing back up in a few days for a total of 5 quarts on the oil dip stick even though that’s really 6 quarts in the engine. Is this the same for other tsio-360MB owners or do i have the wrong oil dip stick?

[Raymond J1]

1 hour ago, Will.iam said:

I have a TSIO-360MB engine and when i do an oil change, i put in 8 quarts but the oil dip stick only shows 7. I know some oil goes into the oil filter but a whole quart? So then the question is did the manufacturer want actual 8 in the oil pan or do i have an oil dip stick with the wrong calibration marks? Where this gets really important is my engine will blow overboard 2 of those 8 quarts within an hour or so of operation. But then my oil stick will show 4 after shutdown with the extra quart showing back up in a few days for a total of 5 quarts on the oil dip stick even though that’s really 6 quarts in the engine. Is this the same for other tsio-360MB owners or do i have the wrong oil dip stick?

oil filter + oil cooler ?

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Will.iam said:

I have a TSIO-360MB engine and when i do an oil change, i put in 8 quarts but the oil dip stick only shows 7. I know some oil goes into the oil filter but a whole quart? So then the question is did the manufacturer want actual 8 in the oil pan or do i have an oil dip stick with the wrong calibration marks? Where this gets really important is my engine will blow overboard 2 of those 8 quarts within an hour or so of operation. But then my oil stick will show 4 after shutdown with the extra quart showing back up in a few days for a total of 5 quarts on the oil dip stick even though that’s really 6 quarts in the engine. Is this the same for other tsio-360MB owners or do i have the wrong oil dip stick?

There is a service bulletin from Continental that clarifies correct oil gage rod part numbers.  

[Will.iam]

55 minutes ago, Raymond J1 said:

oil filter + oil cooler ?

I think the draining of the oil cooler along with oil coming off other parts is where i get the quart back in a few days with the majority in the first 24 hours. The oil filter hangs from the engine so once it’s filled up there is no draining from it after shut down that I’m aware of. 

[Will.iam]

39 minutes ago, M20Doc said:

There is a service bulletin from Continental that clarifies correct oil gage rod part numbers.  

Thanks for the info. You wouldn’t by chance have that part number available?

[Will.iam]

15 minutes ago, Will.iam said:

Thanks for the info. You wouldn’t by chance have that part number available?

Never mind i found it. Even a blind squirrel can find a nut every now and then. 

[N201MKTurbo]

Somebody should tell Continual it’s called a dip stick.

if you Google “oil gauge rod” all you get is Continental and Hyundai. The engineer at Hyundai must have worked on airplanes.

I work with some engineers like that. They have to give every part the most technical name possible. If the meaning of the name is clear to anybody that reads it, it is no good.