I don't see any oil on my dip stick, what's going on here? Options

[vi-tuyen]

hi guys. I have a 95 with 7afe, I just bought this car 1 month ago.
now, I just did the oil change, but when I pull my dip stick out to check for oil level, I don't see any oil on the dip stick,
but then I took my Tundra's dip stick and put in the engine to see If I have any oil, it show I have oils.

what's happen here?

[vi-tuyen]

the only leaks that I have is the valve cover gasket and the seal from the distributor. Is that the reason why I lose so much oil? or like 6Gencelicast said, some one may have change the dipstick, the previous owner maybe?

[Mstoochn]

the only leaks that I have is the valve cover gasket and the seal from the distributor. Is that the reason why I lose so much oil? or like 6Gencelicast said, some one may have change the dipstick, the previous owner maybe?

Valve cover/oilpan/distributor are very common YES! but over time within 2000 km's or less you can lose almost 4 qt's of oil from my experience, and not to be to dramatic but YOU CAN REPLACE THE DAMN VALVE COVER GASKET AND SILICONE THE DISTRIBUTOR FOR 35$$$$$$ AND DO IT IN YOUR GARAGE, YOU CAN DO IT IN ALASKA!!! thats alot cheaper than buying oil no?

I had my engine rebuilt in Jan 08 and of course they do a terrible job of that sort of thing so i redid the valvecover gasket and made sure i put a fair amount of FIGP (silicone) on the corners and its been almost a year and a half and i have not lost a drop of oil. people say that every engine burns a little bit of oil. Well sir, mine has not burnt 1/8th of a quart in 16,000Kilometers