BAlbright

I detailed my car yesterday and while I was under the hood, I thought I'd check the oil. I have 1300 miles on my car. I was surprised to see that the oil level was at the bottom mark on the dipstick. This was the first time I took a look at the oil. Perhaps the oil was never up to the top mark when I took delivery. Or is it normal for the V8 in the RCF to use a little oil? I came from ownership of a Honda Accord with a V6. I never had to look at the oil level in it. Whenever I did, it wasn't a drop down

LexSense

iTrader: (2)

Did you check when the car was hot or after it has rested for a good amount of time? Also was the vehicle on any significant incline?

It is possible that your vehicle came under filled from factory/dealership.

I'd say add some oil after it has fully cooled down and then check back again after awhile to see if it is indeed burning oil or leaking somewhere.

vbx

Wait for car to cool down before checking oil. I made a mistake of checking it after I just shut my car off once. I added a quart. checked it again and now was a quart overfilled. Didn't want to turn the car on so I stuck a small aquarium tank tube down the dipstick hole and siphoned 1 quart out. It took a long time too. I used a small syringe to slowly suck up the oil and then gravity finally did its work, but the oil still only slowly drained out.

i thought about jacking the car up and draining it from the pan but that would have been messy trying to put the bolt back in after draining 1qt.