DeeJay
Member Since: 07 Jan 2011
Location: Devon
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Am I correct in thinking that the D4 has no dipstick and the oil change is done from the top via a vacume system through the tube at the front O/S of the engine? If so how do you check the oil and also drain the engine assuming no drain plug? 
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 13th Jul 2012 5:15 pm |
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wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
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Theres a menu on dash to check oil
it still has a sump plug ( as far as im aware ) G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
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| 13th Jul 2012 5:18 pm |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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The LR plan is you don't worry about such menial things and get the dealer to do it in exchange for pieces of currency. 
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| 13th Jul 2012 5:19 pm |
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DeeJay
Member Since: 07 Jan 2011
Location: Devon
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Many thanks Wiggs and DSL, just thought the oil change idea was another ploy for LR to rip you off. They may not have thought of that yet, there's still time lol 
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| 13th Jul 2012 5:24 pm |
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nigel207
Member Since: 26 Mar 2009
Location: Nottinghamshire
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Didn't you know that that is one of the 2013 improvements!
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| 13th Jul 2012 5:47 pm |
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Bill Wright
Member Since: 03 Nov 2007
Location: Glorious Devon
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I wonder how reliable the electronic gauge is.
I check mine once a week and in the 10k miles that I've had it, I have never added any oil despite the fact that the level is nearly halfway down the measuring window.
I rang the dealer and asked how much each graduation on the scale represented in oil volume and he didn't know. He said that when it needs oil it will flash a warning light in good time. As long as the check reports "OK" there's no need to worry. Mine has consistently reported "OK" so I'm going with that for the time being.
It sounds a bit iffy but that may be because I am used to a physical dipstick and topping with oil to the line.
Any ideas out there?
Bill Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
D4 SDV6 SE Tech Kaikoura Stone MY15.
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| 13th Jul 2012 6:05 pm |
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crews control
Member Since: 18 Mar 2007
Location: Dorset
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When it gets to the point of needing a top up, the screen tells you how much to put in. I actually prefer this to the dip stick because it takes away that desire to top up to the line all the time!
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| 13th Jul 2012 6:15 pm |
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DeeJay
Member Since: 07 Jan 2011
Location: Devon
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Yeah Crews true, but old die hard here would prefer to see oil on a dipstick. Had the electronic level on my Vito van but also had a dipstick so always checked that. Guess I will be forced to give way to progress!!!!! 
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| 13th Jul 2012 8:03 pm |
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Navigator
Member Since: 17 Mar 2010
Location: Stay at Home. One of the lives you save could be your own.
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No matter what electronic gizmos it has, the big ends will still rattle when it is out of oil. A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
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| 14th Jul 2012 8:34 pm |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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But would you hear it at 80 mph??
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| 14th Jul 2012 8:36 pm |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
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But by that time it's too late to worry about topping up with a bit of oil, I assume.
Not to self, speak nicely to the old dear (and that's not SWMBO )!
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| 14th Jul 2012 8:45 pm |
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DiscoStu
Member Since: 09 Apr 2006
Location: London
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Not at all. Pop it back to LR for a new engine and drive a RRS/FFRR around for 6 weeks Disco 5 HSE Lux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peyiqaJrmMU
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| 14th Jul 2012 8:50 pm |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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Sound like s plan. Put one aside for me, just in case. 
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| 14th Jul 2012 8:52 pm |
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away
Member Since: 18 Nov 2006
Location: Cossack
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DeeJay wrote: If so how do you check the oil and also drain the engine assuming no drain plug?
When I picked my D4 up last week the dealer said that there was no drain plug. I haven't bothered to look underneath to check this, and probably won't. I never put a spanner on the D3 and don't plan to on the D4 8)
Cheers
Russ D4: Expedition Rack, 104 Litre Long Range Tank, Raised Air Intake
D3: Every bloomin' thing but the kitchen sink
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| 15th Jul 2012 2:35 am |
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