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| kenshapiro2002 |
 Feb 5 2026, 10:12 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,486 Joined: 23-July 09 From: Bawlmer, MD Member No.: 10,598 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region  |
So I’ve had a number of 914s, but my newest is unique to me… a 3.2 six. At the age of 73 after owning over 50 sports cars, I found it rather hilarious that I couldn’t find the dipstick until I talked to ChatGPT. I’ve never had a car until this one where the dipstick was inside the oil fill tube. And I’ve never had a car where checking the oil level was done at idle. So now to my question…when I start her up, she sounds like a volcano with diarrhea for about a minute. I sense that it’s coming from the enormous amount of oil in this puppy. Can someone please explain this phenomena to me?
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| kenshapiro2002 |
Feb 5 2026, 10:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,486 Joined: 23-July 09 From: Bawlmer, MD Member No.: 10,598 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Never mind… found my answer with AI
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| mepstein |
Feb 6 2026, 06:15 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 20,397 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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Remember, you not only check at idle, the oil must be hot. Like 20 minutes of spirited driving hot, not just 5 minutes of idle in the driveway. So many people overfill 911/914-6 because they don't understand this fact.
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| brant |
Feb 6 2026, 07:18 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,135 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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Dry sump
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| campbellcj |
Feb 6 2026, 07:50 AM
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I can't Re Member Group: Members Posts: 4,694 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Agoura, CA Member No.: 21 Region Association: Southern California
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Mine makes a heckuva rushing fluid sound at cold-start as there are big lines running up to the front cooler, and no sound insulation
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| Ninja |
Feb 6 2026, 10:33 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 115 Joined: 25-September 25 From: Granbury Texas Member No.: 29,004 Region Association: Southwest Region |
QUOTE(mepstein @ Feb 6 2026, 06:15 AM)  Remember, you not only check at idle, the oil must be hot. Like 20 minutes of spirited driving hot, not just 5 minutes of idle in the driveway. So many people overfill 911/914-6 because they don't understand this fact. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) 20 minutes of SPIRITED driving hot!!!!! Dad had a couple of 964s. They had an oil level gauge in them that would SCARE the hell out of you if you didn't know this. You had to really drive it hard, like traffic ticket hard, far longer than you would think. Gauge would work, just needed to be up to race temperatures. Normal wimpy driving I'd guess an hour... You could easily overfill it two quarts and the gauge would LOOK normal most of the time. That gauge SHOULD have had a warning. "Gauge is inaccurate until XXX temp is seen on temp gauge". Most of the time that level gauge made it look like the car had no oil in it! It will be the same with the dip stick and by the time the dip stick is accurate it's too hot to touch without protection... |
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| 930cabman |
Feb 6 2026, 01:37 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,478 Joined: 12-November 20 From: Buffalo Member No.: 24,877 Region Association: North East States
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How did we live before AI??
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| Steve |
Feb 6 2026, 03:18 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,012 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Laguna Niguel, CA Member No.: 822 Region Association: Southern California
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That’s why most of use a puke bottle. If your oil line off the filler is going into the air cleaner and you a accidentally over fill the tank, you will have a nice smoke storm.
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| fixer34 |
Feb 6 2026, 06:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,384 Joined: 16-September 14 From: Chicago area Member No.: 17,908 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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QUOTE(kenshapiro2002 @ Feb 5 2026, 10:12 PM) So I’ve had a number of 914s, but my newest is unique to me… a 3.2 six. At the age of 73 after owning over 50 sports cars, I found it rather hilarious that I couldn’t find the dipstick until I talked to ChatGPT. I’ve never had a car until this one where the dipstick was inside the oil fill tube. And I’ve never had a car where checking the oil level was done at idle. So now to my question…when I start her up, she sounds like a volcano with diarrhea for about a minute. I sense that it’s coming from the enormous amount of oil in this puppy. Can someone please explain this phenomena to me? If you let the car sit for a couple days/weeks/etc, it will be even more pronounced. Oil in the sump tank will leak thru the oil pump into the engine case. So when it starts, there is a large volume of oil that the return/scavenger pump pushes into a half-empty tank. Also another reason you don't check the oil level cold. It is not uncommon for a couple quarts to be sitting in the engine case. |
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