Strange OR what !

mar892ree · 29 October 2006, 16:14:40

Helloooooooooo !!!

OK reverting back to the " oil level" thread the other day !

It was confrimed , by members on here, that the 4 pot Omegas take 4.5L of engine ( with filter change) as per the written data in the users manual !

OK , serviced the Omega this morning. drained oil, new filter etc, and 4.5 L ONLY comes half way up dipstick !
As we know between min and max on dipstick is 1L, then i was 1/2 L short !
Got 5L in it and its reading MAX on dipstick !

Whats even stranger is i have gone back through the very compreshensive service records of the car ( all nine of them ) all except one service receipt shows 10 units of oil used ( 1 unit = 1/2L ), the odd one shows 9 units ( 9 x 1/2 L = 4.5L )

Urmmmmmmmmmmmm anyone else !!!!
Engine is a Y22XE ( if that makes any difference ) !

I'm convinced somethings a miss here :-/

Cheers

Mark

TheBoy · 29 October 2006, 16:25:41

I'm fairly certain we only put 4.5l in Tunnies' 2.2, hopefully he can confirm that though, as I've slept many times since then.....

mar892ree · 29 October 2006, 16:39:41

I'm sure you did Jamie, as Tunnie replied to the other post ( Oil Level) saying 4.5 L inc oil filter change !

But to reitterate ( ohhhhhhhhhh BIG word LLOLL ) 4.5L comes halfway up my dipstick, and also the service records of my car confirm that 5L ( or 10 units ) was used in previous oil changes apart from one which shows 9 x units = 4.5 L !!!

How odd !!!!

TheBoy · 29 October 2006, 16:53:29

Maybe different sump or something like that? Or wrong dipstick?

mar892ree · 29 October 2006, 16:55:54

VERY much doubt it Jamie !

The car was a one owner before i had it, and EVERY receipt for work done on it is with the car !

TheBoy · 29 October 2006, 17:06:37

QuoteVERY much doubt it Jamie !

The car was a one owner before i had it, and EVERY receipt for work done on it is with the car !

Well something is different. Dipstick is probably most likely I reckon...

mar892ree · 29 October 2006, 17:20:21

OK just found out that there are two different sump pans, and two different dipsticks !

Mainly the difference is between multi function display cars and non multi function display cars !

As Tunnies and TD's cars are both CDX's and mine is a GLS , maybe a possible answer !

Anyone else with a 2.2 GLS !!!!

Mark

TheBoy · 29 October 2006, 17:33:20

QuoteOK just found out that there are two different sump pans, and two different dipsticks !

Mainly the difference is between multi function display cars and non multi function display cars !

As Tunnies and TD's cars are both CDX's and mine is a GLS , maybe a possible answer !

Anyone else with a 2.2 GLS !!!!

Mark

Tunnie's is a CD, but that would still have a full MID IIRC... ...I guess yours has a TID?

Wondering if you have wrong sump/dipstick combination...

TheBoy · 29 October 2006, 17:36:44

Just checked, one dipstick replaces other...

mar892ree · 29 October 2006, 17:38:15

Urmmmmmmmmmmm if the sump pan, dipstick combination is wrong, then it must have been a factory bugger up !

First service has 10 units of oil as being used ? and so on and so forth !

Auto Addict · 29 October 2006, 17:41:17

My 2.2 takes 5L with a filter change!

Auto Addict · 29 October 2006, 17:44:00

If you jack up the front offside slightly with the drain plug out you get another 1/2 to 3/4 of a litre drained out of the sump.

mar892ree · 29 October 2006, 17:49:57

Thank god for that, was beginning to worry !

I must confess the car wasnt exactly on a flat surface when draining the oil !
I always do mine on a slight slope so oil drains out better !

Cheers for confirming your car takes 5L Auto Addict, i'm not so parranoid now LLOLL

Also manged to drain off 6.5 L of coolant via the tap under the wheel arch, never have got this amount out before ! Just about 5L ish on other changes !

Cheers

Mark

Auto Addict · 29 October 2006, 17:51:52

Quote
QuoteOK just found out that there are two different sump pans, and two different dipsticks !

Mainly the difference is between multi function display cars and non multi function display cars !

As Tunnies and TD's cars are both CDX's and mine is a GLS , maybe a possible answer !

Anyone else with a 2.2 GLS !!!!

Mark
Tunnie's is a CD, but that would still have a full MID IIRC... ...I guess yours has a TID?

Wondering if you have wrong sump/dipstick combination...

No, you obviously didn't drain all of the old oil out.

TheBoy · 29 October 2006, 17:57:19

QuoteNo, you obviously didn't drain all of the old oil out.

Oh, believe me, we went to a lot of effort to get all oil out, as it really was in a state...

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