8.5 quart in engine and still warning!
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8.5 quart in engine and still warning!
Hello Guys, i just changed my engine oil with 8.4 quarts and the warning oil light still pops up asking me to reduce oil!!!! I even started the car in dyno mode and measured the oil level and it reads 8.5!!! How many quarts does this thing take? Should i pump some oil out even if the computer reads 8.5 in it?
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Hey hold on a sec...Did you drain both sump plugs or only 1? If you only did 1 ( in the front) then you over filled the thing. If you did 2 plugs then you might have the oil level sensor changed. I had this issue with my C55. The IDIOT MORON MOTHERFU@#KER son of a DONKEY MBTECH put 10 quarts in my car when my sensor went south. He didn't know the extent of my ocd's that I pulled out a dip stick when I picked the car up from service. Boy ohh boy they heard me scream when I saw how much oil was inmy car.
I'm trying to make a cheap dip stick for C55 for us to check our own oil.
I'm trying to make a cheap dip stick for C55 for us to check our own oil.
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if you do it the pump way...keep in mind you don't get all the oil out. Some of it still stays in the engine. Hence...what i meant but only put in, what you take out. Last time i did it, i only took out 7.5qts.
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If the computer is telling you to remove some oil, I would do it, no matter how sure you are that the 8.5 is correct. As stated before, you should put in exactly what you took out. My dyno screen usually says I have 7.5 to 7.9 quarts. I have never had the add oil warning come on. Don't mess with an overfill. Better to be just under than just over.
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If the computer is telling you to remove some oil, I would do it, no matter how sure you are that the 8.5 is correct. As stated before, you should put in exactly what you took out. My dyno screen usually says I have 7.5 to 7.9 quarts. I have never had the add oil warning come on. Don't mess with an overfill. Better to be just under than just over.
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http://www.mityvac.com/pages/products_fee.asp
suck it out,measures level removed on side,remove more,fleece filter kit at autohausaz.com C55 15 bucks.
Royal Purple in an AMG?Royal purple in any FSS Mercedes
Someone does not like their engine
Don't bother to flame
Just be sure you list it as a selling point someday when it is time to sell,that you fed it a steady diet of non spec oil.Okay?Okay.
suck it out,measures level removed on side,remove more,fleece filter kit at autohausaz.com C55 15 bucks.
Royal Purple in an AMG?Royal purple in any FSS Mercedes
Someone does not like their engineDon't bother to flame
Just be sure you list it as a selling point someday when it is time to sell,that you fed it a steady diet of non spec oil.Okay?Okay.
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I would get the proper mercedes dipstick with the "mm" reading, trust me the "oil level sensor" is not always accurate. If you want to know 100%, use a dipstick, can't always trust what the electronic level sensor says, they fail very often and can be inaccurate with oil sludge built up on them.
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I have a MB dip stick which I use to read the oil level on my car. I'm trying to make a Stainless steel one that will be cheap so I can make then for the member of this frorum.
As for the Royal Purple please make sure that you know alot about oil before you make comments. I take great care in my car and I use this oil beacuse it has more pf the phosphorous(the good stuff) than mobil1 read up on sl and sm rated oils. However..I respect your opinion to use oil that MB recomends.
As for the Royal Purple please make sure that you know alot about oil before you make comments. I take great care in my car and I use this oil beacuse it has more pf the phosphorous(the good stuff) than mobil1 read up on sl and sm rated oils. However..I respect your opinion to use oil that MB recomends.
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