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Dipstick
Ok. So I now have a nice MY12 Santorini Black HSE sat on the road, and while checking over the user handbook thought I would check out where all the fluids go.
Where is the dipstick or do they not have one any more?
23rd Apr 2016 4:53 pm
Iain78
Member Since: 11 Nov 2015
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It doesn't have one.AMK compressor, 4x4 info screen
23rd Apr 2016 5:02 pm
adam
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RTFM
23rd Apr 2016 5:07 pm
galwaygreen
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lectric...comes up on the press of the steering wheel buttons RTFM.....its crap..didn't need changing
23rd Apr 2016 8:13 pm
scimmiamagia
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Thanks, Iain 78.
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23rd Apr 2016 8:18 pm
scimmiamagia
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Mea culpa...
Was reading the page on the 2.7 V6.
23rd Apr 2016 8:23 pm
Red Merle
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Park the car with the engine off for more than 30 minutes.
Dint put your foot on the brake pedal and turn the ignition on.
Pre the OK button on the steering wheel and bring up the menu.
Search for maintenance and then oil level.
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23rd Apr 2016 8:25 pm
RBP
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If it makes you feel any better the D3 dipstick is not great. Very hard to check because the oil is smeared up the stick.
23rd Apr 2016 8:27 pm
galwaygreen
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on level ground,,important.
23rd Apr 2016 8:27 pm
scimmiamagia
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Thanks again.
Clearly a lot has happened in 5 years...
Seems almost primitive now to have a dipstick.
23rd Apr 2016 8:39 pm
lynalldiscovery
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RBP wrote:
If it makes you feel any better the D3 dipstick is not great. Very hard to check because the oil is smeared up the stick.
Cant agree more what a design, I think just about every land rover i have owned has a had a rubbish didpstick set up.
23rd Apr 2016 8:42 pm
robpenrose
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I find the D4 electronic dipstick easy to use. Just don't try and rush it after the engine has been running.
I would like a dipstick as well, but if I did have one, I would use it very infrequently and just use the dash check, only reverting to the manual dipstick if I thought there was an issue.
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23rd Apr 2016 8:55 pm
RBP
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Think there should be a traditional dipstick as well as the electronic version. Other manufacturers can manage it - surely the cost wouldn't be prohibitive on a £40,000 + motor?
23rd Apr 2016 9:00 pm
Mogwyth
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Nissan Juke has both, electronic check on start up and dipstick..built into the filer cäp.==================================
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23rd Apr 2016 9:01 pm
lynalldiscovery
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Best thing about a proper dipstick is its always right (it might be vague but its right), the dash ones WILL go wrong at some point.
I had one at work only yesterday, dash showing oil overfull, jack cab oil 6mm under max on stick, back in cab its shows overfull, drain off 2 litres dash shows overfull, dipstick now at halfway, drain down to minimum, guess what? dash shows oil overfull, so thats a truck vor for a lack of a dipstick.
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design, I think just about every land rover i have owned has a had a rubbish didpstick set up.
