Sorry for a really Noddy question - have done a quick search but couldn't find it answered before.

All I want to ask is when I check the oil level on my 2.0 - TDi engine. Should I push the dip stick all the way home before pulling it out to take the reading, or only as far it goes in before it meets with some resistance. Hope that makes sense.

Thanks and apogies again for dumb-sounding question!

All the way in

The resistance is the end of the dipstick slotting into the hole it needs to go in.

HTH

Carl:thumbup:

Sorry for a really Noddy question - have done a quick search but couldn't find it answered before.

All I want to ask is when I check the oil level on my 2.0 - TDi engine. Should I push the dip stick all the way home, or only as far it goes in before it meets with some resistance. Hope that makes sense

Apologies again for dumb-sounding question!

All the way in

The resistance is the end of the dipstick slotting into the hole it goes into.

HTH

Carl:thumbup:

Park the car on level ground, let it rest for at least 20 mins after turning the engine off, then pull out the dipstick, wipe it clean on a tissue or rag, reinsert, take out slowly, take reading, then put back in.

All of the above, except I would do it on a cold engine, first thing in the morning.

Brillant. Thanks a lot guys

I do find the Octy dipstick very difficult to see the oil level.

My dealer told me to wait for the amber oil light comes on then add a litre of oil. I did 12k before it lit up.

My dealer said you couldn't have a steering wheel paddles for the DSG box. Just goes to show they don't know very much. Advising to wait until a low oil warning before filling up isn't the best advice I've ever heard.

Threads merged.

HTH

My dealer told me to wait for the amber oil light comes on then add a litre of oil. I did 12k before it lit up.

But the manual advises to check the oil before a longer trip, and make sure it's filled right up, above the hashed area on the dipstick.

My dealer told me to wait for the amber oil light comes on then add a litre of oil. I did 12k before it lit up.

Your dealer sounds like a boofhead.

When new, I checked mine every 500km (about 1 weeks usage). After 4 checks with the level not changing I extended to every 1000km. Then 2000km (monthly).

After a service I check it every week for a couple of weeks then revert back to monthly.

I'd be really annoyed if I was in the middle of nowhere & the oil light came on.:thumbdwn:

my oil was below the minimum marker last week without any sign of an oil light.

I'm never relying on the warning light again!

I'd be really annoyed if I was in the middle of nowhere & the oil light came on

that's why it's always sensible to keep a 1 litre top up bottle in the boot

that's why it's always sensible to keep a 1 litre top up bottle in the boot

I can't quite see the point of driving around for years & years / hundreds of thousands of kilometres with a consumable spare that you should never need if the preventive maintenance procedures are up to scratch.

If I did that at work then all my fitters & sparkies would need a 20 tonne pantech full of spares instead of a one tonne ute to do their job.

I feel much happier checking my oil & going on a long journey rather than wondering if the light will come on some time during the trip. I really wouldn't like my oil to be just above the "trip point" of the warning light and giving the car a thrashing up near redline & through a set of twisties.:thumbdwn:

Every week you should check your oil levels, top up screen wash and visually check coolant level.

then check tyre pressures and while doing that give the tyres a visual check for wear and any damage

put the lights on and check them also,

time taken 10 mins you could even do this at the time of filling up

Every week you should check your oil levels, top up screen wash and visually check coolant level.

then check tyre pressures and while doing that give the tyres a visual check for wear and any damage

put the lights on and check them also,

time taken 10 mins you could even do this at the time of filling up

All very sensible indeed.....I check weekly most of the time, sometimes nightshifts, hangovers on Sundays and similar joys get in my way and I forget or cant ge bothered.

This is the first car I've owned which has burnt so much oil so the checks really do need to be more regular for me with it being a TFSi oil guzzler.

On 29/04/2009 at 23:46, richie said:

All of the above, except I would do it on a cold engine, first thing in the morning.

Elsawin and the manual says to check it at operating temp.  Wait 10 min after shutdown at operating temp and then check as per manual.

^^^ For all engines other than 1.2 44kW engines. They are checked cold.

 

VW / Skoda in manuals say 'a few minutes'  not 10,  a few is a handful.   They advice at fuel fill ups.

 

Then Skoda said Warm when VW, SEAT, Audi said Hot or Operating Temperature or Normal Operating temperature.

 

Once you do it correctly 'At operating temperature' which is the engine oil at about 92*oC indicated you can check where that is cold and then before starting an engine check the oil level is correct.

 

 

Edited 19 May, 20242 yr by Ootohere

Correct, however Elsawin specifies 10 min.

Which is lovely. 

But for 2 decades people that read Owners Manuals have seen 'a few'  and with Skoda Mk2 Fabia Owners manual 'warm'.

 

& even Factory Trained or supposedly so professional Technicians, Fitters or Mechanics get it so very wrong. 

 

That is the issue.   We do this every day do you think we are stupid?'   Well yes if you were trained by a muppet and keep doing it wrong.

 

.......

Idiots that do not even know 1 litre of engine oil in a bottle might not even be 1,000 grams. 

Edited 19 May, 20242 yr by Ootohere