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pinemarten Member Since: 04 Apr 2017 Location: Inverness Posts: 11 |
I can understand having a electonic warning the oil is running low but the only way to check your oil level by eletronic means not keen. How do you know what the oil is like? How do you check your oil level if the sensor becomes faulty. Or is there a way to check the oil manually that I havn't found yet. Had my RR sport just over a month and love everything so far apart from the no dipstick. |
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Tue May 16 2017 12:29pm |
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Tim in Scotland Member Since: 30 May 2005 Location: Driving along in my automobile Posts: 17476 |
Oops double post 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Tue May 16 2017 2:32pm |
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Andy K Member Since: 18 Sep 2015 Location: GL Posts: 4930 |
Its a diesel. The oil will be black |
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Tue May 16 2017 4:46pm |
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squizzel Member Since: 13 Jun 2013 Location: wednesbury Posts: 190 |
I prefer a dip stick every time. I once had a rover 825 sterling. This had both the dip stick and a sensor, when I purchased the car, the sensor showed low oil but on the dip stick it was full. Sensor replaced (sump off) and it was fine, for 3 months then back to the same again. Very unreliable, the only reliable way is visual inspection. |
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Tue May 16 2017 5:46pm |
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warkman Member Since: 28 Feb 2015 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 234 |
You need to see the people who buy these Zara new, majority wouldn't open the bonnet for the three years they own it, certainly not mess about with dipsticks.
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Tue May 16 2017 5:58pm |
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Disco_Mikey Member Since: 08 Apr 2012 Location: Dundee, Scotland Posts: 4390 |
All good and well, but surely the car should tell you when the oil is low, to prompt you to top up, instead of running itself dry of oil |
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Tue May 16 2017 6:26pm |
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Andy K Member Since: 18 Sep 2015 Location: GL Posts: 4930 |
Quite.
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Tue May 16 2017 6:58pm |
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pinemarten Member Since: 04 Apr 2017 Location: Inverness Posts: 11 |
Thanks for all your replies. In answer to some of them. I know the oil will be black, I want to know where it is on the dipstick, I want to know how quickly it runs off the dipstick. Most of all its fool proof. I know many people wont check them and I suspect they wont check them electonically either. That's there choice. I would like the choice of checking my oil manually. |
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Tue May 16 2017 7:56pm |
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CANROVER Member Since: 03 Oct 2015 Location: Ottawa Posts: 255 |
It should be both.... One as a fancy shmancy feature to cater to the vain and the other as a functional and fool proof redundancy. |
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Wed May 17 2017 11:24am |
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CANROVER Member Since: 03 Oct 2015 Location: Ottawa Posts: 255 |
My 02 Audi A4 had an oil level sensor if it got too low and a dipstick. Perfect combination if you ask me. |
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Wed May 17 2017 11:26am |
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d-9 Member Since: 10 Jan 2017 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 304 |
I definitely like having a dipstick, relied upon the sensor on one of my audis and when I serviced it, discovered the low oil sensor wasn't working and it only had 2.6l in it. It should have had 6.5l.
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Wed May 17 2017 9:46pm |
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Tim in Scotland Member Since: 30 May 2005 Location: Driving along in my automobile Posts: 17476 |
But with a diesel the colour also helps indicate the level as you can see the level easily. My 1st RRS had a stupid PSA style dipstick with several yellow beads on it - one of the beads dropped off and was never found.............. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Thu May 18 2017 7:32am |
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d-9 Member Since: 10 Jan 2017 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 304 |
Very true, it's particularly hard to see the oil level of a petrol at night with clean oil in it, something about artificial lighting makes it go invisible.
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Thu May 18 2017 9:55am |
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