Low oil thingy
- Thread starter esson
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low oil light.
Hi ESSON,
Every thing should be fine, But next time check your DIP STICK inside of front service flap, the yellow marker on end of same has a grid marking like this ###, this is the oil level indicator, do not fill above the top of this marker, or it may damage the cat/ converter!
just to confirm use of dip stick, pull this fully out of tube, wipe bottom end of same with cloth/ tissue to clean off the old oil, re insert the stick fully into the tube as far as it will go,wait 5 seconds then pull it out again and check the oil level on ###, if it is below the top of grid mark ,for example ;half way down the marker then you can fill up with 1/2 litre of oil( approx), hope this is of some help,
Cheers, ALAN.
Ps, It is a known problem that the yellow plastic marker with level grid on it,these do occasionally break/snap off! in this case you will have to purchase a new dop stick complete, only about £5/6 pounds from dealer but make sure you tell them what engine you have ie; petrol or diesel, (they are two different lengths).
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Hi ESSON,
Every thing should be fine, But next time check your DIP STICK inside of front service flap, the yellow marker on end of same has a grid marking like this ###, this is the oil level indicator, do not fill above the top of this marker, or it may damage the cat/ converter!
just to confirm use of dip stick, pull this fully out of tube, wipe bottom end of same with cloth/ tissue to clean off the old oil, re insert the stick fully into the tube as far as it will go,wait 5 seconds then pull it out again and check the oil level on ###, if it is below the top of grid mark ,for example ;half way down the marker then you can fill up with 1/2 litre of oil( approx), hope this is of some help,
Cheers, ALAN.
Ps, It is a known problem that the yellow plastic marker with level grid on it,these do occasionally break/snap off! in this case you will have to purchase a new dop stick complete, only about £5/6 pounds from dealer but make sure you tell them what engine you have ie; petrol or diesel, (they are two different lengths).
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fbi
Member
had the same experience 2 weeks ago. I poured in some 5w40 oil that I had left (600ml ?). I checked afterwards and the dipstick shows just the min level.
I have the car for 5 month now and when I got it, I checked the oil level on the dipstick and it was in the middle. The oil warning light came on after I had driven only 1500 km since then (I don't drive alot with the A2, it's my 2nd/3rd car). That's quite a serious engine oil consumption...
crb1011
Member
I had the same problems on my A2 was always topping up with long life oil. Reckon I did an oil change just topping it up when required. I now drive a 1.4 Polo done 18k and never yet had the need to put in any long life oil in. Just had its first service and I dont expect to put any oil in between now and its next service in 20k time.