My son has a 1990 4Runner with 210,000 miles on it. We bought it cheap when it had about 185K on it and had to replace the engine shortly thereafter (argh). Anyway, with the new engine (as well as with the old one), the dipstick never shows that there is any oil in the car.
When we change the oil, we see it all coming out, and we fill it up with new oil as prescribed by the manual - and still - the dipstick shows nothing. I replaced the dipstick with a new one from Toyota, and have same result.
The pressure appears fine, and I don't want to overfill, but with a car this old (even though the new engine isn't that old), I'm worried about never knowing how the oil is doing.
Thoughts? Thanks!
When we change the oil, we see it all coming out, and we fill it up with new oil as prescribed by the manual - and still - the dipstick shows nothing. I replaced the dipstick with a new one from Toyota, and have same result.
The pressure appears fine, and I don't want to overfill, but with a car this old (even though the new engine isn't that old), I'm worried about never knowing how the oil is doing.
Thoughts? Thanks!
