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topping up oil
- rjhl64
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topping up oil
Just checked the oil level on the dashboard display and am trying to work out the amount of oil I need to add. I haven't figured out the scale on the dashboard, anybody able to offer an idea as to roughly how much I need based on the pic?
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topping up oil
Usually on most of these systems from empty to full is one litre
So if you are in doubt add half a litre and see what it then says..
They are not perfect even on an E89 most of the time it says it is full but occasionally I get a 3/4 full reading!
So if you are in doubt add half a litre and see what it then says..
They are not perfect even on an E89 most of the time it says it is full but occasionally I get a 3/4 full reading!
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Oh, I thought that was showing 1/4 empty?
Not the clearest symbology.
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It may be..I’m not a 5th Dan on E85s..but I think the 1 litre from empty to full is correct
- rjhl64
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Hi, thanks for the updates, will add quarter of a litre and see it registers, don't really want to overfill
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I'm pretty sure its 1 litre. Like Pbondar says I just tend to add 1/4 or 1/2L at a time in my E85 to be sure and keep topping up until its happy
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I don't think you need to add oil at that read out.
This is what it says in the manual. I would only add oil when it is actually telling you to do so. To reduce the risk of overfilling it.
This is what it says in the manual. I would only add oil when it is actually telling you to do so. To reduce the risk of overfilling it.
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You're right.
That is showing you may be down 1/4 litre-ish. But it still says OK and it doesn't show a '+' underneath.
BMW seem to let it get down 1 litre then top it right up.
But whilst it may be 'OK' I think I'd be sticking about a 1/4l in and seeing what it does. Better to be full surely?
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What fredej says. There is a lot of oil in these cars (>6 litres), so being down 1/4 litre won’t do it any harm, however overfilling it may do.
You need to fill up with petrol instead, that’s looking dangerously low
You need to fill up with petrol instead, that’s looking dangerously low
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Roundtrip of 150 miles and the petrol light came on 2 miles from home , Next outing via petrol station, once I've dripped some oil into the engine
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It says: Oil OK - leave it alone!
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I would not add any oil at this point, too likely to overfill and cause an issue within the engine. There is no way of telling if this is a linear scale or not, so why risk it when the engine is still happy with more than enough oil? (just my opinion)
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It bleeps and the yellow oil light comes on while you are driving as well as it showing add 1 ltr on the display, it does it again when you switch off. I would wait till then to add what it suggests. The manual says add 1 ltr within 125 miles so it’s a fairly early warning.
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I recently added 0.6l when the indicator was 3 bars down 3 X 200ml. The indicator did not respond straightaway at idle but a check with the car at speed it was back to "full" ok.
First top up since oil change last July. I topped it off as it is very hot. Getting changed again next month. I actually prefer a dipstick, my X5 still has one as well as electronic. I think the electronic version is for people who probably don't care anyway and couldn't find a dipstick if it poked them in the eye!
First top up since oil change last July. I topped it off as it is very hot. Getting changed again next month. I actually prefer a dipstick, my X5 still has one as well as electronic. I think the electronic version is for people who probably don't care anyway and couldn't find a dipstick if it poked them in the eye!
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