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[pete1666]

Hi can anyone tell me why i have oil lack and coolant level warnings
they are both full , it dont use water or oil .


Cheers Pete

[Dazzler]

try a system reset......

[pete1666]

How do i do that?
pete

[Marks DTM Calib]

Yes, how do you do that....

[Markie]

oil lack, thats a bit more serious than the oil low warning is it not?  :-/

[Gaffers]

I would be interested in knowing that too.....

I had the same problem with 'oil lack' - dejunked with some flush not had it since.  Sometimes the sensor can get covered in crud esp if oil changes not done regularily.

Check you coolant sensor in the header tank.  If it moves freely up and down I would suspect a rogue wire or two...

unless you take corners at 6G ........  

[ians]

I don't know the answer, but is there a clue in the fact that he is getting both these messages in error.   Either big coincidence , or some common factor..

Did both messages start appearing at the same time, and was the fluid in need of toping up?

On mine 'Oil Level' comes on at about midway down the dipstick (.5 L of max).  Presumably Oil Lack is even lower.

[TheBoy]

Either both sensors (oil level sensor and coolant sensor) have simultaneously failed, or the plug has dropped out back of MID (assuming 2 plug variant). Or you've fitted a MID into a car with a TID, and hence no sensors...

[pete1666]

hi the MID and the TID can you explain a bit more, i did change the engine
recently but i took 2.5 V6 from a 95 gls saloon and put it in a 96 CD Est?,
all was ok on each before the change.


Cheers Pete

[TheBoy]

hi the MID and the TID can you explain a bit more, i did change the engine
recently but i took 2.5 V6 from a 95 gls saloon and put it in a 96 CD Est?,
all was ok on each before the change.


Cheers Pete

ah, gls engine wont have oil level sensor.

for coolant, check the plug under coolant bottle is plugged in

[pete1666]

hi is there any way of stopping the oil lack coming up of fitting a sensor..

[TheBoy]

hi is there any way of stopping the oil lack coming up of fitting a sensor..

Fit the level sensor

[pete1666]

hi where does it go and will there be wiring for it and is it easy to do???

[Markjay]

hi where does it go and will there be wiring for it and is it easy to do???

It goes inside the bottom of the sump... so you need a sump with a sensor. Sump-off is engine-out job on V6 though you may be able to get away with undoing one engine mount and tilting the engine up - either way so not a simple task as such.