Bocatrip

I recently had my engine oil changed at my local garage and brought a 5 quart container of Mobile 1 with a Toyota filter. I have a 2001 LS430. I noticed this morning on level ground it is overfilled. How much oil does the Lexus take and if the tech poured the entire 5 quart container in (which he probably did) how overfilled am I? Should I take it back to empty out the overage or is it an insignificant amount that might burn off? Thoughts? Thanks all.

iToaster

4.8 quarts with the filter change. Being a fraction of a quart over isn't going to do anything bad, I pour an entire 5 quart jug into mine when I change the oil.

jimbosr1

i remember the old days when you stopped at a filling station and the attendant said ,check the oil and he put his thumb at the top of the dipstick and put the stick in and it would be a quart low in the engine.he sold you a quart and dumped it in.every one had too much oil in there engines in those days.

Bocatrip

.2 of a quart does not sound like a bid deal. I was actually going out tomorrow to purchase one of those syphon gadgets to suck out the extra oil through the dip stick tube.

gebo

I had the same question as I just bought a 2005 that had been dealer maintained. The oil level after sitting overnight was about 1 inch above the top dot (full mark). That's after the dealer changed it 1500 miles ago.

I just changed my own oil Friday and added 5 qts with a Toyota filter. Drove it around the block and let it sit overnight. It was a little over half way up the stick. I added .5 more qts and it still did not get to the full mark. Today I dumped in the last .5 qts and it is about .25 inches over the full mark. So I have concluded to put mine right on the full dot, I should use 5.75 qts. Not gonna do that. I went with 6 qts just like my 98 LS400. Every time the dealer changed the oil for the last 65K, they charged the previous owner for 6 qts. I can't explain why but it seems there is a slight variation in the amount of oil our LS430's take. Some say 4.8, some say 5.5 and I say (LOL) 6....

I wouldn't be slightly concerned about .2 qts extra.

By the way, Is the handle on your dipstick a yellow circle?

sakoa

I just did mine recently too. I ended up using the full 6 quarts as well. I remember putting in 5 quarts, but after running the engine and checking the level, I noticed that it was significantly low, so I added the extra quart.

gebo

SO I'm not a knucklehead

Bocatrip

yes.. It was. .2 of a quart.

Bocatrip

5 quarts has in the past brought it up to the line. Go Figure?

gebo

There is one possibility. Someone may have changed my dip stick...

XJSFan

Look in the manual... LOL. The 06 LS430 manual states 5.4 quarts with a new oil filter.

gebo

Not exactly...My 2005 manual says 4.8 quarts with a filter. If I add 4.8 quarts and change the filter my dipstick will not be near the full mark. 5.5 qts did not put it to the full mark. That's why I just went with a full 6 quarts.

XJSFan

I am looking at my 2006 owners manual as I type and it states 4.8 quarts without filter change and 5.4 quarts with a filter change. Maybe your is different...

gebo

My 2005 Owners manual says on back inside cover states 4.4 quarts w/o filter change and 4.8 quarts with with filter change. It's definitely different.

XJSFan

Wow that's weird... LOL. Are you sure that is not Imp quarts? I also know that the last time I did my OCI, it took more then 5 quarts to get it to the top fill line on my oil stick.