Oil reading

[CraigMillwardCroft]

After a day going round Silverstone oil level read .6 all day, changed car back to road settings and tyres on the way home level goes to ----. so stopped put half a litre of oil in to be safe still no reading until half way home then read 1.1, is this normal for the electronics to f*** up

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Originally Posted by CraigMillwardCroft

After a day going round Silverstone oil level read .6 all day, changed car back to road settings and tyres on the way home level goes to ----. so stopped put half a litre of oil in to be safe still no reading until half way home then read 1.1, is this normal for the electronics to f*** up

Mine sometimes does this,if it was +6 all day I wouldn't have put any in,but I think you should still be ok with .5 of a litre.I wouldn't put any more in though.If your really worried take the air box off and check the dipstick.

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Thanks for the info, I ran the car last year on 1.1 and it all seemed okay, nice to hear other cars have the proble too.

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Originally Posted by CraigMillwardCroft

Thanks for the info, I ran the car last year on 1.1 and it all seemed okay, nice to hear other cars have the proble too.

The trouble is Craig 1.1 is the highest reading,so if there is too much in there you wont know. I try to keep mine around .9 so you know where you are.

[JezP]

i wouldnt track it at 1.1 but then again csl oil digital readings suck.... like B said take air box off to be sure.

[_Nathan_]

---- just means unable to get a reading, normal to get this on a trackday and for it to sort itself out later.

[azrael]

As above if you have driven the car hard or used mtrack mode etc it won't give you a reading until the car has been in normal conditions for a period of time

It is mentioned in the handbook iirc

[EVLXGE]

I was about to post a thread on this...

Mines currently reading +0.3, Which seems low but ive only just had inspection 2 at Elms last month. (Probably done 500 miles max since then)

Prior to the service it always read 0.9 - 1.0.

Any ideas? Giraffe?

[azrael]

Originally Posted by EVLXGE

I was about to post a thread on this...

Mines currently reading +0.3, Which seems low but ive only just had inspection 2 at Elms last month. (Probably done 500 miles max since then)

Prior to the service it always read 0.9 - 1.0.

Any ideas? Giraffe?

Just top it up a bit. I doesn't need to be 1.1, has come back a little light tho

[SachaR]

If you look though the pages on here doing a search, I remember there is a way of doing a instant check. I had it written down but I left it with the paperwork when I sold my car.