Where to pour oil?

In order to fill the oil in the engine,it is necessary to open the hood and check its level. Before you look for where to fill the oil in the variety of units, you need to understand how much it needs to be poured. The presence of oil is determined by the oil dipstick, it is recognized by a bright handle (usually yellow or red). The probe itself is marked with "min" and "max" risks. These divisions show the critical oil boundary in the engine. The very "something" when the oil level is between these risks, or, slightly closer to "max".

Learn more about how much oil you need inengine, you can in the article "How much oil do you need in the engine?". Another important point is the kind of butter. Its great variety, and what kind of oil is poured into the engine, read more in the following material "What oil should be poured into the engine?".

Fill the engine with oil

So, it is recommended to fill up the volume of oil. Where to pour the oil in the engine? Of course, an uninitiated person, a variety of containers under the hood with their lids, a little disorienting. But this, in the beginning. The lid that we are looking for is directly on the engine itself: on the biggest gear, under the hood. In most cases, it is marked with the image of a "small watering can with a drop", or the inscription "oil". An additional feature is the closing-opening mechanism, it is semi-rotatable, not screwed, not push-button, but rotated 90 degrees.

Fill the oil in the gearbox

Pour oil into the engine is relatively easy,and, this, every driver can do. Another question: where to fill the oil in the checkpoint? Here, constructive varieties are so broad that an exact answer will not work without knowing a particular model. The common thing is that the hole is at the bottom of the car, it must be put on a pit or a lift. There are rare opportunities when you can get to the filler hole from the engine compartment, but, this is rare. The car should be in a horizontal plane.

Check the oil level in the gearbox

In general, the filler opening is located in thethe front of the transmission case, or slightly laterally. Not always, the checkpoint is equipped with a probe to measure the level, replacing it serves as your own finger. Unscrew the nut (often, the arrow on it shows the direction), if a trickle of oil flows from the transmission, then with the amount of oil everything is fine, if not flowing, stick your finger. The level should be at the bottom edge of the hole, if less, then you need to top up.

Fill the oil in the checkpoint with a funnel,syringe (nonmedical) or vacuum devices. The gulf occurs before the excess oil begins to flow out of the gearbox. At the end of the procedure, the nut is tightly screwed.