Uploaded September 2016 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
Hey everyone. Today I’m going to show you how to properly check your oil. I know this might sound trivial to some of you but I have seen so many AP1 motors lost to oil starvation that I felt compelled to make this video. Let’s get started…
First things first, if you want to get the most accurate oil level measurement you should check the motor oil when the car is stone cold. Oil expands as temperature rises so you could get an inflated reading if you measured the oil when the oil was warm. However, checking the oil when the car is warm is a perfectly acceptable way to get a general idea of your oil level.
Remove the dipstick from the car and wipe it off so you can get a clean reading. If you look carefully at the dipstick you will see that at the lower side there is an “L” for low, then there are 5 diamonds, and at the top there is an “H” for high. The difference between low and high is one quart, so every single diamond represents 1/5th of a quart.
Insert the dipstick and remove it again. What is really tricky about the s2000 is that one side of the dip stick will often take a layer of oil off the windage tray leading to false positive readings. As you can see here this side of the dip stick reads over the “h” mark. If I flip it over, you can now see that the dip stick at the third diamond.
Repeat this process at least once more to ensure that you get a consistent reading.
Hopefully this helped some of you out. If you don’t check your oil regularly already you should, especially if you have an AP1. If you read the owner’s manual Honda recommends checking the oil level every time you fill up the gas task. It might sound tedious to do this but the truth is that AP1s can often burn a quart of oil every thousand miles.
Hey everyone. Today I’m going to show you how to properly check your oil. I know this might sound trivial to some of you but I have seen so many AP1 motors lost to oil starvation that I felt compelled to make this video. Let’s get started…
First things first, if you want to get the most accurate oil level measurement you should check the motor oil when the car is stone cold. Oil expands as temperature rises so you could get an inflated reading if you measured the oil when the oil was warm. However, checking the oil when the car is warm is a perfectly acceptable way to get a general idea of your oil level.
Remove the dipstick from the car and wipe it off so you can get a clean reading. If you look carefully at the dipstick you will see that at the lower side there is an “L” for low, then there are 5 diamonds, and at the top there is an “H” for high. The difference between low and high is one quart, so every single diamond represents 1/5th of a quart.
Insert the dipstick and remove it again. What is really tricky about the s2000 is that one side of the dip stick will often take a layer of oil off the windage tray leading to false positive readings. As you can see here this side of the dip stick reads over the “h” mark. If I flip it over, you can now see that the dip stick at the third diamond.
Repeat this process at least once more to ensure that you get a consistent reading.
Hopefully this helped some of you out. If you don’t check your oil regularly already you should, especially if you have an AP1. If you read the owner’s manual Honda recommends checking the oil level every time you fill up the gas task. It might sound tedious to do this but the truth is that AP1s can often burn a quart of oil every thousand miles.
