Hi all,
I seem to have developed a problem, a couple of weeks a go I got the oil light come on saying i needed to ass 1lt of oil and the engine management light come on at the same time.
I went to the garage who said the oil level sensor was throwing a fault code.
So this has been changed and new oil put in.
It was fine for a couple of days, now the oil sensor is again causing issues.
Once I let the engine warm up, press the oil check button and it shows full and then says ok. 5 minutes later i will check it again and although it says 'ok' it shows a different level. if i try and test it a 3rd time is says Error..
It then wont work again until the car has been stood for a while.
Anyone any ideas?
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Oil level sensor issues- help needed :(
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Oil level sensor issues- help needed :(
Criteria for ECU to display correct oil level is:
Coolant temp >60'C
Engine rpm > 1,500rpm
Yaw and pitch must be minimal (i.e. flat road, not going around bend etc)
Minimum refresh time is 20 mins (prob why you get an error if you try again sooner)
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Coolant temp >60'C
Engine rpm > 1,500rpm
Yaw and pitch must be minimal (i.e. flat road, not going around bend etc)
Minimum refresh time is 20 mins (prob why you get an error if you try again sooner)
All a bit fickle. Dipstick much easier!
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Oil level sensor issues- help needed :(
Thanks so much for the reply!ph001 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 3:53 pm Criteria for ECU to display correct oil level is:
Coolant temp >60'C
Engine rpm > 1,500rpm
Yaw and pitch must be minimal (i.e. flat road, not going around bend etc)
Minimum refresh time is 20 mins (prob why you get an error if you try again sooner)
All a bit fickle. Dipstick much easier!
20 minutes between tests?
That will explain why I am getting the error message after trying multiple times.
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Oil level sensor issues- help needed :(
You shouldn’t get an error warning just for checking the level, it must be 20mins after adding oil before the sensor reacts to the new levelsynthedup wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 5:56 pmThanks so much for the reply!ph001 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 3:53 pm Criteria for ECU to display correct oil level is:
Coolant temp >60'C
Engine rpm > 1,500rpm
Yaw and pitch must be minimal (i.e. flat road, not going around bend etc)
Minimum refresh time is 20 mins (prob why you get an error if you try again sooner)
All a bit fickle. Dipstick much easier!
20 minutes between tests?
That will explain why I am getting the error message after trying multiple times.
Rob
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Oil level sensor issues- help needed :(
I've had error come up before with repeated tests close together. Other times I haven't. Go figure.
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Oil level sensor issues- help needed :(
Anyone else any input on this?
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Oil level sensor issues- help needed :(
I check mine a lot and never seen an error. I don’t see why it would show an error even if 20 minutes hasn’t elapsed
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