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aja4x4

Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
Posts: 2463

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Zambezi Silver

Electronic dip stick

This is a bit of a strange one.

does the electronic dip stick show the total amount of oil on the reading ie 0 is completely empty and full is 6ltrs?

Someone has been using my D4 and when going down a steep hill and going around a sharp bend the engine has suffered from oil starvation and damaged the bottom end.
The electronic dipstick is showing half full but I have drained out less than 3 ltrs.

The driver assumed that the dipstick worked like a normal dipstick where even on minimum you would still have a good quantity of oil in the sump and 1ltr would top it up to max but I'm not sure after draining the oil Andrew

D3 2.7tdv6 2005
D4 3.0 SDV6 Commercial died and gone to LR heaven
D5 3.0 SDV6 HSE

27th May 2021 8:52 am

Pete K

Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
Posts: 10750

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Rimini Red

Oh dear.

5 litres is minimum on a 2.7
But I guess you knew that.

27th May 2021 9:50 am

RogB

Member Since: 15 Jun 2018
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 1738

from about 1/4 full on the display my D4 took a 1L bottle leaving it just under the full mark. So the display is not a true indication of the total amount of oil in the sump.
If there has been oil starvation could it be the oil level sensor is giving a faulty reading ? 2011 D4 XS 305 MY12 - gone but not forgotten

27th May 2021 10:26 am

Moo
D3 Decade

Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14493

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Manual Zambezi Silver

Some things aren't progress. Electronic dipsticks are one of those things.

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27th May 2021 10:46 am

Flack

Member Since: 06 Sep 2006
Location: Preston Lancashire
Posts: 6313

2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 XS Auto Stornoway Grey

They are very slow to get a proper reading, I always use my IID tool to get a more accurate measure. If it was low on oil, one has to ask why, has it had the turbo oil pipe mod done?.

Flack

27th May 2021 11:16 am

aja4x4

Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
Posts: 2463

Hi Flack it had a complete engine rebuild around 17k ago so i tnink that the oil usage is just from the rings bedding in. It has had the shortened turbo pipe fitted when it was apart. I drove it around for about 1000 miles to run the engine in and it then had an oil change. Unfortunetly its was lent to a contractor to collect a large number of vehicles all accross the country and i havent seen it since January. The contrator is saying he checked the oil at the start of every day and its never dropped below half way on the gauge and he has never added any oil.
Normally it gets an oil change every 10k as its towing all the time but as i have not seen the vehicle so have been unable to monitor the mileage.
I got the body off and engine out today but didnt have time to get the sump off to see what damage has been done Andrew

D3 2.7tdv6 2005
D4 3.0 SDV6 Commercial died and gone to LR heaven
D5 3.0 SDV6 HSE

27th May 2021 6:04 pm

M3DPO

Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8244

2014 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Lux Auto Corris Grey

It sounds like a poor engine rebuild to me, 16k miles and half way down the electronic stick sounds about right and being half way down should not cause any oil starvation, the shape of D3/4 sump allows them to run on a minimum amount of oil even on steep hills although it is not recommended practice. It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.

27th May 2021 7:00 pm

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