Good evening all, Sorry if this has been covered before. I have a 1 litre Octavia Mark 4 and last week I got the error to top up with 1 litre of engine oil and drive on. I did that and the yellow warning light eventually went off.

 

Now itd saying to reduce oil level. Ive took out 500ml and the dipstick is bang on but the yellow error light wont go off. I have the ambition dash so I cant use the tip thats online where you hold down the right toggle buttons etc. Any help will be appreciated. Car is due to be serviced end of January next year.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Gar

Did you go for a drive after removing the oil? Go for a longer drive and the error should go away.

I’ll give it a blast thanks for the advice

No.   Not a blast.  Do not run over filled, or underfilled.  

 

???

When was the oil even checked before the first warning? 

 

 

 

1 litre required from a Low Engine Oil light / message is pretty much in a 1.0 TSI.

 

Is that actually what the message said 'Add 1 litre'.  

 

If you had opened the bonnet and not even put any oil in the message might have stayed off for 100 km. 

 

Dip the oil when stone cold and see where it is on the dip stick and be sure it is up in Area A when the engine unstarted.

Then the Oil level check is at Normal Operating Temperature, parked on the flat after a few minutes.  So after 90*oC indicated and before 5 minutes.

 

 

Edited 28 November, 20223 yr by toot

Sorry when I said a blast I meant it figuratively not literally. A blast as in I’ll give the car a longer run rather than a short trip. 
 

thanks for the other advice I’ll check levels first thing in the morning.