Give the car a run, get the engine hot, then recheck your level after leaving the vehicle for 30 minutes or so
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Did all that yesterday this is the level this morning same reading as yesterday.Defender 300Tdi 110 HCP - Keswick Green
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Well I would not drain any more oil out that's for certain. If your car never used and oil, or very little oil between oil changes, then I would be inclined to run the vehicle with the "correct" amount of oil in. Forget the oil sensor readout for the time being.In Spain - 2018 F Pace - Down and out's Velar
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30th Jan 2017 10:36 am
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If the level was showing ok before and the amount removed was consistent with what was going back and the service fill was not above 5.7L I would be happy.
So in your case another 200ml would seem about right.
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I will add another 200ml and see, just strange that the IID shows higher reading.Defender 300Tdi 110 HCP - Keswick Green
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30th Jan 2017 10:41 am
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Oil level
Interesting info (hopefully) Pertains to D5 but assuming same.
An oil level and temperature sensor provides an electronic indication of the oil level. This removes the requirement for the mechanical dipstick. An advantage in comparison with the static 'dipstick' method is that all marginal influences, for example vehicle being on a slope, lateral and longitudinal acceleration, are compensated for by averaging.
The values determined can be used to signal that the minimum oil level has been reached or to display the current oil level if required.
The sensor is mounted inside the oil pan where it sends an ultrasonic pulse vertically upward, it then measures the time for the pulse to be reflected back from the top surface of the oil.
Due to the wide range of inclines Land Rover vehicles operate across, the geometry of the oil pan has been configured to guarantee oil pick- up across all operating angles. An oil scavenge system has been developed to guarantee excellent oil flow through the turbocharger on severe side-slopes. At extreme angles there is a risk the turbocharger may be below the oil level in the oil pan, restricting oil return flow.
To overcome this, the engine uses:
The oil pump to supply oil to the turbocharger bearings from the main reservoir of the oil pan.
A secondary reservoir in the oil pan, sealed off from the main reservoir, to receive oil from the turbocharger bearings.
The vacuum and oil scavenge pump to assist the oil flow from the turbocharger bearings by scavenging oil from the secondary reservoir into the right camshaft cover.
For service, a drain plug and an oil extraction tube are installed to drain the main body of the oil pan.
OIL LEVEL CHECK
The engine oil level can be displayed in the message center on the Instrument Cluster (IC).
For accuracy, oil level checks should be performed with the vehicle on level ground when the oil is hot. The vehicle needs to stand for approximately 10 minutes, after the engine is switched off, to allow the oil to drain back into the sump and the oil level to stabilize. The oil level system will not give a reading until the oil level has stabilized.
The method of checking the oil level can be found in the oil draining and filling procedures.
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SGH wrote:
I will add another 200ml and see, just strange that the IID shows higher reading.
Not strange at all. I think you may be confusing the volume changed during a service fill with the total oil volume.
A 'dry' engine takes around 6.75 litres of oil on the first fill; the vacuum line or sump will remove around 5.7 litres of this and the oil filter hides a further 200ml. So a typical service takes a total of 5.9 litres.
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