My family now has two newer Fords, a '12 Fusion 4 cylinder, and a 17 FIST that I bought new. If I follow the manual on oil capacity for either of these cars, they are both "over filled" as measure by the dip stick. At first I thought it was my use of Fram filters, as sometimes they appear to be of smaller volume than the OEM equivalent, but I get the same result even with motorcraft filters. I did not see this issue on previous Ford trucks that I have owned, or any other vehicle for that matter.
I've been going by the dipstick level and putting in a little less oil so that it measures full on the dipstick. What do you guys do?
I've been going by the dipstick level and putting in a little less oil so that it measures full on the dipstick. What do you guys do?