got home and checked my oil, as i'd topped up a bit ago and thought i'd keep an eye on it. came up straight away, no 2 minute wait message, and showed the gauge totally empty! left it a bit, still nothing, so i put a quarter litre in, got the 2 min message this time, and the bar cameup very low, topped a bit more and got it abut halfway, so i've ended up putting about 3/4l in, and the scale came up showing totally full - hoping i haven't overfilled? would it warn me if i had? can't see it would be critically overfilled but that guage thing seems to be acting a right stupid ******. didn't get the "please top up" light as usual despite the guage showing zero so i don't know what it's playing at. anyone had similar?
Stoopid Oil LEvels >:-(
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A message on the car will tell you if you have overfilled and if you need to top up, i always fill mine up so it is at the top on the gauge.
I've just got off the Eurotunnel from our two and a half week trip in France. Checked everything before we left and topped up whatever necessary. Drove to the west coast of France where we did a bit of touring. By the end of the two weeks, the oil had dropped down to just over 3/4, so I topped it up with about half a litre.
We then drove to Disneyland where we left the car at the hotel car park for the 3 days. Yesterday just as we were about to leave the computer told me it needed oil immediately! I checked under the car for any leaks, then filled the car with the remaining 1/2 litre I had left. The computer then said it couldn't give me a reading. Half way between Paris and our next destination, 50 miles south of Calais, the computer gave me a full reading...This morning the same thing happened again, but this time I just opened and shut the bonnet because I know it resets the computer. Couldn't give me a reading again.
Just got off the train and the computer is now saying I need to drain the oil!!! WTF! Luckily it's going in the garage on Driday for an MOT.
We then drove to Disneyland where we left the car at the hotel car park for the 3 days. Yesterday just as we were about to leave the computer told me it needed oil immediately! I checked under the car for any leaks, then filled the car with the remaining 1/2 litre I had left. The computer then said it couldn't give me a reading. Half way between Paris and our next destination, 50 miles south of Calais, the computer gave me a full reading...This morning the same thing happened again, but this time I just opened and shut the bonnet because I know it resets the computer. Couldn't give me a reading again.
Just got off the train and the computer is now saying I need to drain the oil!!! WTF! Luckily it's going in the garage on Driday for an MOT.
