lynalldiscovery wrote:

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.

firstly i would stop scare mongering, just read the hand book it tells you all you need to know

Kmca wrote:

Cheers for the advice. Doh - just checked agin after 30 mins and yes, its showing full or at least at maximum. Now dilemma is ,is it overfilled. Most likely so i will find someone who can come and drain some out. Sweet lord no knowledge is dangerous but if the bloody display would just work, what the logic in waiting 30 minutes. Ffs...

oil settles in the sump so you can get a correct reading

ps drain it and refill or leave alone and get someone who know what there doing

geoff. wrote:

i dont trust anything a D4 or a D3 tells me

A pleasure - been there, done that.....

geoff. wrote:

lynalldiscovery wrote:

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.

firstly i would stop scare mongering, just read the hand book it tells you all you need to know

Thanks for quoting me out of context
Maybe I have it wrong but adding nearly 60/70 percent more oil than the engine needs has to be something to worry about, obviously if you consider it normal practice maybe not!