Dip Stick HELP!!

[Backdraft]

Hey guys i have a 96 GT and i kind of noticed my oil gauge was sitting just alittle lower then standerd so i let the car warm up i just did a oil change less then 900 miles ago and when i lifted the hood turned the car off let the oil settle down to the pan then pulled the stick out and nothing gets on the stick every time then i let it sit with the stick back in and pulled it back out and it only showed oil on it one time then all the other times i pulled and checked it nothign was coming out could this be from gunk in that oil tube and its not letting it get on the stick i dont no whats with it but there is oil in the car so can some one chim in and help a ford brother out
-RICH

 

[DropTopPony]

Obvious question, you are on flat surface right?

Is it the correct dipstick? Maybe someone broke the original and put a replacement in that isn't long enough... or your just really low on oil. Do you change it yourself?

The 96 takes 6 qts and most oil joints only put in 5.

 

[Backdraft]

Car is on a flat surface and i replaced it with the right amount of oil and ya it looks like the stock dip stick i took it out and compared with some online same thing im still not sure im just as stumped but it does have oil in it and runs fine still...
-Rich

 

[duff daddy]

Like Bob said how many quarts did you put in, has the dip stick always worked ie read correctly for you? Also could there be an obstruction in the oil pan/dip stick tube end bent kinked?

 

[Backdraft]

I put 6 quarts in and you no what the worst part is my low oil light went out along time ago i think i need to pull the tube out and check it do i have to drop the oil to do so? maby when i get time when i come back to town my buddy and i can drop the pan and check it out but people keep chimming in i would like to here what you guys have to say
-Rich

 

[Backdraft]

and no since i got the car it has never worked correctly

 

[Spooling2Valve]

Can you take pics of your oil dipstick to see if it's the right one? When you install the dipstick back into the tube does it click or seat all the way onto the dipstick tube? You may have a wrong dipstick/tube.

 

[duff daddy]

Its best to do with low oil so it doesnt spill out of the pan depending on where it mounts the pan. Just slowly rotate the tube at the pan and slide out,becareful its quite easy to break off in the pan and then you my friend will be in a pickle and have to dill out and remove the broken piece from the pan.

 

[vermilion]

always source one out in a pick and pull.