My GLK only has 1800 miles on it and I added one quart of oil last week and it is almost down another quart after only one tank of gas. I refilled with Mobil 1 synthetic. I babied the car well through the 1,000 mile break in period. I had one instance at around 1200 miles where I used about half throttle to get through a 30 foot stretch of wet grass in a yard. Should I be worried?

 

did the car tell u to add oil or have u just been checking it?

 

After noticing a puff of smoke out the back on startup one day, I just checked the oil and there wasn't anything on the dipstick the first time. Never did get any dash warning.

 

Go to dealer as it seems that oil gets into the engine, def. not right.

 

+1, at lease 2 issues to check: 1. Oil leak. 2. Low oil warning.

 

My oil checking experience has me puzzled as well.

Park teh car for a few days without starting it. Go check the oil. Disptick is dry!! eeek!! Push stick back in and pull it out. Oil is on the stick, it's about 1/2 way mark (but the car isnt sitting level).

Drive car to store to buy some oil to top it up. Leave it in the lot for the time it takes to buy additional oil, check the oil - it's about the 2/3 full mark so doesn't need any (whew!).

Park the car overnight in our undergounrd parking spot which is nice and level. Before starting in the morning, check the oil, disptick comes out dry - no oil !! eeek!!

However, push it back in, pull it out, oil is at 2/3 full mark.

How the heck does the darn dipstick work? What could be more simple than a dipstick?

Puzzling me.

 

Read the manual (p.208), you are supposed to take it out and then put it back in for measurement.

 

And it works great when you do that.

 

Absolutely take this to the dealer right away, this is a fricken brand new car. Don't try and resolve this on your own!

 

Yea, that's the way it works. I also had an anxious moment the first time I checked the oil at about 125 miles (always a good idea to keep an eye on a new engine even though these are supposedly pre-run in)...pulled out the dipstick and it was completely dry. Didn't even have to wipe it off before trying a second time, I mean dry. Pushed the dipstick back in and the next time it came out showing the oil on the full mark. Much Relief!

Later, when I got through the Owner's Manual, I read what NYCGLK referenced above. And that it requires two quarts of oil to go from the min to max marks, 8.5 quarts per oil change.

 

I had the "check oil level on net refueling" messager around 9,000km. After the message came up the 2nd time, I checked, it looked like it needed. 1 Litre of Mobil 1 synt and it has not given me that message again.

 

Check the oil last week, its on min. Today the 'check oil' warning clicked in. Odo is on 5000km or 3000mi.

Will top it up with mobile 0w40 and see how it goes.

 

I had the same thing .. I was down on oil.. went to the dealer and they topped me up.. standard for new engines to burn a little oil... mine has been fine ever since.. no worries..

 

anyone bought an oil filter in the GTA? what did it run?

 

thanks

 

just don't keep adding oil. To get accurate reading from glk dipstick you have to wait 4 hours after you run the engine. Oil dipstick wont show anything for the first pull and that's how it designed. Pull the dipstick and wait a minute then reinsert to get accurate reading. This engine produces vacuum when runs so dipstick hole's oil get sucks in. Don't ruin engine by keep adding oil. Just read the manual please

 

This is a 14-year-old thread and that's not our dipsticks or vacuum work.