Not a problem if you can get a good reading after a couple of minutes! Sometimes the way the tube and dipstick go in smears the oil around. Hey, I have a 2010 Corolla and it's almost impossible to get a valid reading, even after waiting! You'd think after 100 years they would know how to design a dipstick system that works (or maybe it's a lost art?).

 

Try this: Instead of doing the dipstick the normal way, 1st remove the filler cap where you would pour in new oil, then do the dipstick check and see if any difference.

 

I was always taught to pull the dipstick clean it thoroughly reinsert for a couple seconds remove and read the oil level. This is what my father a mechanic taught me 60 years ago.

 

I agree. After an oil change and fill.

And in level ground. Start to motor. Look for leaks.

Turn it all off.

Unscrew the cap again

Pull and clean dip stick. Put back in. And pull out and check.

Should be good

If you wait too long oil drains back.

I like a full system when the oil is in place. Not after is all returns.