Black sandy dirt in oil on the dipstick and valve compartment

The oil dipstick is just about in the center of the engine compartment and is yellow.
The transmission dipstick is close to the firewall near the center of the engine compartment and is red.

The oil dipstick is just about in the center of the engine compartment and is yellow.
The transmission dipstick is close to the firewall near the center of the engine compartment and is red.

That is where you put the oil when you are low on oil or when you an oil change. When you open the hood you should see a oil dipstick. Make sure the car has been off for at least 5 to 10 minutes. Have a clean paper towel and remove the dipstick. make sure its the dipstick if you have an automatic transmission. trans fluid is red in color oil will be golden to dark black depending on how often you change the oil. wipe the dipstick off and at the end you will see a full mark near the end. Replace the dipstick back into the tube you removed it from and pull it out again, check the end where it says full. If there is oil up to the full mark your good, if not add oil through the oil cap hole in valve cover top. re-wipe the dip stick and check to see if full. Add oil as needed. If you keep up with your oil changes as required depending on the oil requirements. 10w30 regular oil is every 3,000 miles. Castrol synthetic oil is every 21,000 miles. Use a good oil filter. Consult your auto parts dealer.

YOU HAVE INTAKE GASKET LEAK.ANTIFREEZE LEAK ON VALVE LIFTERS DILUTING OIL CAUSING LIFTER NOISE.

Hi there, If you open the hood on your Solstice...stand on the driver side near the windshield and lean over into the engine compartment, you will see a yellow handle which is the oil dipstick..and from there if you look almost straight down from the dipstick you will see a black cap that has sort of a bolt on top of it..its on top of the motor, kind of near the firewall....that is where your oil filter is. Have a couple of rags and some type of bowl when you pull it out, its messy!!!
Hope that helps, and good luck!!!

on passenger side of engine compartment you have the transmission, if you look down from above. there should be an inconspicuous round black rubber knob sticking up from a short tube kinda down low in the engine compartment, on the front-side of the transmission. definitely not as obvious as the oil stick

it sounds like a lack of oil changes to me?the engine has a lot of carbon build up.clean the valve cover and the breather pipes to remove as much carbon as posible maybe try a good engine flush.

Whoa! Never remove the oil filter while the motor is running. Alot of vehicles have valve cover leakage and it is easily repaired with a new valve cover gasket. It is completely normal for the dipstick to be dry until the motor is off and all oil has drained from the upper compartments of the engine including the area where the oil lubricates the valve guides. Most mechanics will place the vehicle on a completely level area and then wait 15 minutes or so after the motor is off to check the oil. The dipstick will always show that you have low oil if you check it while the motor is running as the oil is elsewhere doing it's job. If you replace your valve cover gasket be sure to not overtighten and tighten in a random crisscross pattern so that you have uniform pressure all along the gasket. There are torque guides for this and you can usually get them from your local parts house. Buy a good torque wrench also.

you possibly have a warped head or blown head gasket.

a fairly common problem on any of those high mile or abused 4.0liter engine either #1 your PCV ventilation tubes are plugged those are thos small black lines comming out of your valve cover or #2 your getting really bad blow by in your valves. 1 being easy to do and 2 not so easy!!