BRZ oil dipstick level?
 

Recently got a used BRZ in nice condition. A dealership had changed the oil - I have receipt. I checked this morning and the oil level is above the high mark on the dipstick. Is this normal? Maybe I am missing some key step in checking BRZ oil level?

Here is the thing - recently my wife brought her new Kia Soul to a dealer for an oil change, and that arrived back also over the fill limit by over half a quart. What gives? I don't know much about new cars, but with my old cars I checked the oil level when the engine was cold to be sure all the oil had drained into the pan.

Maybe I am behind the times with these new cars? Or else two different dealerships have overfilled my vehicles (which seems low odds).

Thanks for any advice on how to do what in the past was easy - check the oil level, lol.

Are you checking it hot or cold?

The engine had been turned on for a few minutes a couple hours earlier. So I would say basically cold engine.

Are you letting the car warm up before checking the oil?
Also make sure you're reading the oil dipstick out and not elevating it after unsheathing it; read it from the orientation you remove it from to be sure oil does not run UP the dipstick.

I have no doubt that they may have overfilled it, but be sure you've doing both of the above items I mentioned.

No I was not letting the engine warm up before checking. I've never done that on any of my older 90/80/70s cars.

I was just reading the BRZ (2014) user manual. It says:
1) Park engine on level ground
2) Warm up engine (not sure if that means full operating temp or not)
3) Turn off engine and wait at least 5 minutes for oil to drain back to pan
4) Check level

I'll replicate those steps and report back the result.

lazy auto techs, probably just set their oil gun to the recommended value and sent 'er home, I wouldn't worry about it, it's a subaru, 6k miles into the oil change and you'll be below the high mark anyway, feel free to drain and replace if it helps you sleep easier at night, you're probably checking it just fine.

I warmed up the BRZ engine to near operating temperature. Then let the vehicle sit turned off for 10 minutes on our flat driveway. Then I checked the oil level.

Man this dipstick has to be the most difficult to read of all my vehicles. Probably the hot oil didn't help.

Here are two photos showing each side of the dipstick, with green line showing where the oil appeared to reach. Sorry one ended up blurry. I dipped and cleaned the dipstick many times (at least 20) and these photos represent generally the reading.

To me oil level seems too high. Normally on all my other vehicles current and past, I had the oil level between the high/low marks (generally near but not past the high mark).

I'm assuming those two holes in the dipstick represent the high/low marks?

Oh no. Sorry dude car is totaled.
I wouldn't even bother with trying to fix it. One a car is over filled with oil, it's only a matter of time when the engine explode. And the way it explodes the shrapnel will all go to your nuts.

So for the love of saving your nuts, I'll do you a favor. I'll buy your pos for $300. I'll even pick it up.

Sorry about your totaled car.

Too late I sold it $100 to the kid next door for parts. ;)

@indio22
Awww that's a shame.

yup, overfilled, if you're feeling dextrous enough to try just pulling the plug for a moment and letting half a quart out go for it.

Looks about 1/2 quart high. I think it will be fine.

That is one of the reasons why I always do basic maintenance myself.

BRZ oil dipstick level?
 

You can do an oil change on these cars using an $80 fluid pump. The oil filter is at the top of the engine. I’ve done this for many years. There are lots of YouTube videos on this method. Don’t trust someone else to do this when it’s so easy to do yourself.

You can use this pump to remove the excess oil for this situation.