I would try dipping first thing in the morning after your VX has been sitting overnight. Pull the stick and wipe it clean with a paper towel as far up as you can. Make sure it is nice and dry and then dip. After that, if you pull you should get a pretty clear line across the stick.

When I drain my oil, I jack up the right rear and the right front end while the plug is open, just get out as much oil as possible. It then takes exactly one 5 quart jug. Immediately after a fresh change, my oil is super clean and appears clear on the stick, but when I wipe on a clean paper towel, you can see the oil is the typical orangish amber color. My oil stays really clean throughout my 3000 mile invervals now also, since I ran some Sea Foam through the crankcase. Now, it only starts to darken up after about 2000-2500 miles, which I would think is a good thing....??

Bart

Quote Originally Posted by JHarris1385
Never sniffed her yet. But I swear I will now. I have always thought it was crazy that my dip stick looks like I have no oil at all in my pan. This is the first car that I have used syn in. So I just thought since it is better oil its clearer and thinner and runs off the stick. The stick as a whole looks wet to me, with a thin oil dark line on the outside edge of the stick. There has never been a clear line on the stick. But I know I am not using alot or any oil at all becuase I get with in 90% of 5 quarts in the tub when i drain her. I thought about buying a new dip stick. The ones that hase cut out spaces up and down it.