C55 Oil level problem
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2005 C55 AMG
C55 Oil level problem
Hi all,
I just picked up an 05 C55 on the weekend and I was planning on leaving it in storage until May as I will be out of town for the whole month of April.
Anyways, took the car home on Saturday and since then it's been sitting in my garage, but when I went to start it up this morning, I got a couple of messages in regards to the engine oil.
When I haven't started the car up, I get the "Switch iginition on to check engine oil level' but after I start the car up, I get the "Engine oil level Not When engine on" message!!
Do i need to run the car for a while and then turn it off before it will properly check the oil?
Thanks!
I just picked up an 05 C55 on the weekend and I was planning on leaving it in storage until May as I will be out of town for the whole month of April.
Anyways, took the car home on Saturday and since then it's been sitting in my garage, but when I went to start it up this morning, I got a couple of messages in regards to the engine oil.
When I haven't started the car up, I get the "Switch iginition on to check engine oil level' but after I start the car up, I get the "Engine oil level Not When engine on" message!!
Do i need to run the car for a while and then turn it off before it will properly check the oil?
Thanks!
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From: Vancouver, BC
2005 C55 AMG
Thanks, but the thing is, before I start the car, it tells me "Switch iginition on to check engine oil level" and after I start the car up, it says it's checking the oil level and then gives me the "Engine oil level Not When engine on" message...
Oh well, guess it's going to be a trip to the dealer...
Oh well, guess it's going to be a trip to the dealer...
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05 C55
Thanks, but the thing is, before I start the car, it tells me "Switch iginition on to check engine oil level" and after I start the car up, it says it's checking the oil level and then gives me the "Engine oil level Not When engine on" message...
Oh well, guess it's going to be a trip to the dealer...
Oh well, guess it's going to be a trip to the dealer...
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This is normal (breathe...)
As you scroll through the menus with the steering wheel button, you will see that one of the menus is the oil level check menu. What you have probably done is when you're switching the car off, you're leaving the car in this menu. So yes, when you start it up, you're going to go back to that same menu. Go ahead and flip through the menus some and leave it in a different place - you'll see this go away.
The car will tell you when you're low on oil "Check oil at next service station" or something like that. The screen you're seeing is the check screen - to check the oil, you go to this menu via the wheel buttons, you put the car in the run/on position, but you don't start it. It takes about 5 seconds, and then it'll tell you "ok" or how much to add. You can't check the oil when the car is running nor immediately after you've shut it off.
As you scroll through the menus with the steering wheel button, you will see that one of the menus is the oil level check menu. What you have probably done is when you're switching the car off, you're leaving the car in this menu. So yes, when you start it up, you're going to go back to that same menu. Go ahead and flip through the menus some and leave it in a different place - you'll see this go away.
The car will tell you when you're low on oil "Check oil at next service station" or something like that. The screen you're seeing is the check screen - to check the oil, you go to this menu via the wheel buttons, you put the car in the run/on position, but you don't start it. It takes about 5 seconds, and then it'll tell you "ok" or how much to add. You can't check the oil when the car is running nor immediately after you've shut it off.
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