Oil level issue

Blastapest2 · Sep 7, 2018

Hello
I have just bought a Range Rover L322 Westminster with 75000 miles on it, I know I'm going to regret this but! how do I make oil level monitor show me a reading? I have brought it in from a run, parked on level concrete and waited 10 mins + but all I get is "oil level unavailable" Can anybody advise me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks in anticipation
Malc

tarphenry · Sep 7, 2018

you bought an L322

holidaychicken · Sep 7, 2018

Don’t know, what year / engine ?

kds · Sep 7, 2018

holidaychicken said:
Don’t know, what year / engine ?

Good call.

Blastapest2 · Sep 7, 2018

Sorry about that, 2012, 4.4 TDV8

Blastapest2 · Sep 7, 2018

Problem sorted, after standing for 2 hours I got a reading!

tanis8472 · Sep 7, 2018

I use the analogue method

Henry_b · Sep 7, 2018

What the **** is wrong with a dipstick?

Damn, really boils my ****.

Why do modern manufactures keep getting more retarded as time goes on!!

sheriff · Sep 7, 2018

Dipstick far more reliable, my sports got the electronicy thingy and gives a different reading everyday, I think it goes up and down in sync with the weather barometer

jamesmartin · Sep 7, 2018

Henry_b said:
What the **** is wrong with a dipstick?

Damn, really boils my ****.

Why do modern manufactures keep getting more retarded as time goes on!!

to keep up with the public

Datatek · Sep 8, 2018

jamesmartin said:
to keep up with the public

The public are conned into believing they want this stuff Jobs was a master of it.

Datatek · Sep 8, 2018

tanis8472 said:
I use the analogue method

There is no analogue method on the modern stuff.

Datatek · Sep 8, 2018

Henry_b said:
What the **** is wrong with a dipstick?

Damn, really boils my ****.

Why do modern manufactures keep getting more retarded as time goes on!!

Too simple. the electronics development departments are out of control.

holidaychicken · Sep 8, 2018

Luckily we will probably evolve ourselves into oblivion which is nice.
Imagine how big the first L322 would have been with half a dozen of these ECUs.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_Engine

Blastapest2 · Sep 8, 2018

Totally agree with all of the above!! Dipstick has worked for all this time! They just assume nobody wants to open their bonnets!!

Datatek · Sep 8, 2018

Blastapest2 said:
Totally agree with all of the above!! Dipstick has worked for all this time! They just assume nobody wants to open their bonnets!!

Few people bother to use the dipstick to check the oil, and even fewer will bother to use the inconvenient electronic check. My old Citroen used to give on oil level check every time the ignition was turned on with no electronickry.

Fergie46 · Sep 8, 2018

We're all told we want self driving cars apparently - don't leave home without one. And electric ones as well.

So here's the thing.

Where is the infrastructure to supply the electrical energy that will replace oil - answer there isn't.

holidaychicken · Sep 8, 2018

Well this thread got deep

Datatek · Sep 9, 2018

Fergie46 said:
We're all told we want self driving cars apparently - don't leave home without one. And electric ones as well.

So here's the thing.

Where is the infrastructure to supply the electrical energy that will replace oil - answer there isn't.

You are right about the infrastructure and it cannot be provided in less than 20/30 years. Also, electricity generation is more polluting than a modern diesel engine. I'm all in favour of Hybrids so you can cut the IC engine when crawling in traffic or in the city.

Colthebrummie · Sep 9, 2018

There will come a time when a special Dealer tool is needed to open a bonnet to stop us mucking about with the innards.

Col

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