I changed the oil on my 2007 4 runner v6. Owners manual says 5.5 qt with filter. 5 qt without filter. When refilled the oil I put exactly 5.5 qt back in with the filter change. Started it ran it for a bit. Then let it sit over night checked the oil with the dip stick. The dip stick is hard to read there is oil all up and down it even above the full mark on both sides. So today I thought I would drain a bit of oil to see if the oil went down on the dip stick again when I check there is oil smeared up and down both sides. So I am unsure what to think is the manual right or the dip stick. Dip stick seems like it is useless. On the last oil change I got at shop they said they put 5.5 qt back in. Thoughts?
Also the first couple of times after the oil change it seemed like the car started harder then normal. Like it hesitated. I didn't think anything of it, but after my wife mentioned it, I started thinking more it might have something to do with the oil change.
I posted some pictures here.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicAdv...owners_manual/