Modern Vespa

K, I believe I have read every oil change posting on the forum and I'm still not clear on something. I recently changed my oil for the first time and I am very frustrated with trying to validate the oil level on the dip stick.

When I check the oil after leaving it sit for 1+ hours the dip stick shows full however, when I check the level after letting it sit for five-ten minutes the level shows over by the equivalent half of the distance between the minimum and maximum level indicators. Please help

Have you run the engine since the change?
Sounds like some residual oil from the fill up is marking the dipstick. I do recall a similar situation once.
I was confident I had filled it correctly but it didn't 'settle down' until I rode it/ran it.
Good luck.

yeah, that was after running it. i ended up draining all the oil and starting over. i think i have it now. put it a full quart and about a mouth full .

After draining, you should only put about 650 cc's back in initially. The crankcase retains more than you might think. Then run it for a bit and then check again. From the minimum mark to the max requires about 400 cc's. Carefully top off a little at a time. Better to run a bit low rather than overfilled.
Hopefully others will weigh in to correct or verify my method.

Good luck,
John

one of the more difficult bikes to read the oil level in that I've owned (and I've owned quite a few). I literally kept toping it up
over a 2-3 day period, 'very sensitive and the tiny little dipstick
didn't help. Just keep checking it over a variety of conditions- not a bad habit to get into in any event.