Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
Posts: 12319
From the manual
D4 owners manual wrote:
Prior to checking the oil level ensure that:
x The vehicle is on level ground.
x The engine oil has reached working temperature (oil is hot).
x The engine has been switched off for 10 minutes, as the system will not give an accurate
reading until the oil level has stabilised.
The oil level can then be checked as follows:
1. Switch on the ignition (do not start the engine).
2. Ensure Park (P) is selected.
3. Select the Service menu using the driver information module menu control (see 58, VEHICLE
INFORMATION AND SETTINGS MENU).
Cheers Ian
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21st Aug 2012 1:42 pm
Marco_79
Member Since: 30 Dec 2011
Location: Falkirk
Posts: 34
Sorry stupid question from a newbie but how do you turn on the ignition without starting the engine??
24th Nov 2012 9:51 pm
WOODY179
Member Since: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Chesterfield
Posts: 3637
Press the start button but dont press the brake pedal at the same time
24th Nov 2012 10:08 pm
Marco_79
Member Since: 30 Dec 2011
Location: Falkirk
Posts: 34
Cheers Woody
24th Nov 2012 10:26 pm
rod.w
Member Since: 11 Jun 2015
Location: basingstoke
Posts: 1
The disco 4 does not have a dip stick, is there one that will fit the tube at the front of the engine ? I have to believe that thel and rover technicians dont use that rubbish dash display system.
11th Jun 2015 8:55 pm
motolite
Member Since: 18 Mar 2013
Location: Sydney
Posts: 931
Hi Rod,
that tube is for sucking the oil out. Lots of people lament the loss of the dipstick and that topic has been covered ad infinitum
11th Jun 2015 11:41 pm
Pedros
Member Since: 25 Jun 2011
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 454
There's a dipstick in my D4. Usually to be found behind the steering wheel.
12th Jun 2015 1:32 am
adam
Member Since: 20 Sep 2005
Location: Home and Happy
Posts: 6917
Is BL on holiday?
12th Jun 2015 5:46 am
Fitzy73
Member Since: 09 Feb 2014
Location: Truro
Posts: 2407
I think he must be, this is now at least the third time in a week the dreaded dipstick has been mentioned without comment.Andy
12th Jun 2015 5:52 am
Boisee
Member Since: 03 Oct 2013
Location: Stonehaven
Posts: 180
Somebody mention dipstick.... I had a look under the bonnet and mine seems to have disappeared
12th Jun 2015 8:43 am
Fitzy73
Member Since: 09 Feb 2014
Location: Truro
Posts: 2407
I think it was an oversight they left them all at the factory Andy
12th Jun 2015 9:22 am
colin6307
Member Since: 17 Apr 2010
Location: croydon
Posts: 246
dip stick
With a dip stick, one can tell if the oil has been changed, you can't with D4 systen
12th Jun 2015 9:23 am
Kmca
Member Since: 07 Sep 2015
Location: Antrim
Posts: 9
Oil level unavailable
Sorry for late post on this one. I've had a D4 2012 GS for 5 months, bought with 49k miles on clock. Having completed 9k miles since i thought ( i know i shiuld have checked earlier) to check oil level. Once i found menu option and read it i panicked. Not available. Added 2litres, tried again, not available. Added another 2 litres tonight and just checked again, not available. Dont know what to do now. In each case i' d had engine running, tunred off then set to ignition on mode only. Thoughts? I might wait 30 minutes and check again.
8th Jan 2016 8:53 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633
8th Jan 2016 8:57 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
Re: Oil level unavailable
Kmca wrote:
Sorry for late post on this one. I've had a D4 2012 GS for 5 months, bought with 49k miles on clock. Having completed 9k miles since i thought ( i know i shiuld have checked earlier) to check oil level. Once i found menu option and read it i panicked. Not available. Added 2litres, tried again, not available. Added another 2 litres tonight and just checked again, not available. Dont know what to do now. In each case i' d had engine running, tunred off then set to ignition on mode only. Thoughts? I might wait 30 minutes and check again.
I wouldnt be running the car at all until you have had land rover check the oil level.
Assume the D4 holds the same pathetic amount of oil as the D3? 5.5 litres, if so you have added 4 litres and are asking for serious engine damage.
The trucks have had the same set up for roughly 10 years and again its a real pita, you just cant beat a dipstick for simplicity, you wont believe the amount of times I have had to drain excess oil off!
Lots of mercs went this way in 2001 and there was a workshop dipstick available for about 20 quid, much faster to use.
The merc was though quite clever and could even tell when you had to much oil in the sump whilst driving along and this was a 2001 model.
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