oil dipstick reading

[Cool_Steve]

I know this is a dumb question, but I have to ask because for the years I have done my own oil changes, I think I've overfilled each time.

Red arrows; I always thought that since the F and L letters ran the length of the stick horizontally, that the top part of the F represented the full line, and of course the bottom part of the L represented the low line.

Green arrows; are these in fact what I should be going by? The line under F is the full line and the line above L is the low line?

And the 0.8 means?

[Cool_Steve]

Could a mod please move this to the 1990-1994 Engine/Drivetrain board. I wasn't paying attention. Sorry.

Edit - thanks!

[1Mazda323Fan]

How much oil do you put in when you change it? If I remember correctly, my BG called for 3.6 qts. I typically went ahead and put in 4. A little more (i.e. less than half a quart) isn't going to hurt anything. Besides, if you're using up oil between changes, that's just added security.

The green lines, near as I can tell, are the correct 'full' and 'low' lines, and unless I miss my guess, the space in between the lines is 0.8 qts., hence the '0.8' on the dipstick.

[mx-3_4evr]

the correct amount of oil is 3.8 quarts so.... yeah

[Cool_Steve]

What does 3.6/3.8 quarts translate to for liters? Metric system up in here. Also, I don't burn or leak a drop.

[Mazda_Powered]

took 3 seconds on google

3.8 US quarts = 3.59614119 liters

[labeo]

The green lines, near as I can tell, are the correct 'full' and 'low' lines, and unless I miss my guess, the space in between the lines is 0.8 qts., hence the '0.8' on the dipstick.

European oil dipstick have 0.8 sign too, but qts isn't standard unit here. Maybe this 0.8 means (0.8*Full Volume) ?
BTW, your version is logical