The mystery of the missing oil?

Y U no fill to the "full line"?

at any rate, my query was more along the lines of dipsticks can get changed, pans changed, new dipstick might not read the correct level, and so on, and so forth. it's a known entity in the small block sandbox, so it might be worth looping back and double checking the parts and the capacity.

my friend, Justin Case, insists upon it.