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Whittie
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2nd Nov 07 at 22:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
....check your oil levels.
Robin
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2nd Nov 07 at 22:51   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What have you done?
Whittie
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2nd Nov 07 at 22:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Forgot to check my oil for a while
Robin
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2nd Nov 07 at 22:53   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My oil light comes on when I need to check mine
CorsAsh
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2nd Nov 07 at 22:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You just wanted to tell people you'd fitted a dry sump didn't you.
Jakey
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2nd Nov 07 at 22:53   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Do mine every Saturday at work, along with tyre pressures, water and coolant levels
Whittie
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2nd Nov 07 at 22:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That reminds me, i have no water either

Really don't advise running out of oil though
rustyarchs
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mini rattles like a nutter when its getting low so thats my indicator
Dan295
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2nd Nov 07 at 22:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
now you need a compression test
rustyarchs
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2nd Nov 07 at 22:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
iv got a 1275 enigine sitting in my garage waiting for the day the 1000 dies
tom_simes
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2nd Nov 07 at 23:14   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Alex, did you let it run very low? light come on or what?
Whittie
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2nd Nov 07 at 23:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by tom_simes
Alex, did you let it run very low? light come on or what?


Well checked the oil the other day as there was some tapping coming from the engine, but it was dark. Checked it before, and there was literally none at all. No oil light came on, but then again my petrol light doesnt work either. Hope the engine isn't fucked
Ant
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2nd Nov 07 at 23:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
by the time the oil pressure light comes on you have had it to be honest, not sure weather the b has an oil level light, I know my c has one which im ashamed to say i lit up a few weeks ago.
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2nd Nov 07 at 23:20   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I checked mine a couple of weeks ago, don't so it regularly to be honest as my engine has never used oil since I have had the car (two years).

Noticed it was now on minimum, which is still fine, but i was a bit worried it had used some. Wiped dipstick and checked oil level 3 times to make sure it was reading right, so then put about 800 mls in which took it just below max. Car hadn't been driven for 2 days by the way.

Checked it today, after not driving it since Tuesday, and was about 600 ml above the max mark!

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corsa_nation
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2nd Nov 07 at 23:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i always check mine, but the head on my corsa knackered itself because there was a blockage so it was running dry for weeks. Cost me 400 fat ones. Dang.
Whittie
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2nd Nov 07 at 23:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That's odd?

Well I put the dipstick in today, took it out.... nothing, bone dry. Did it again waited a few mins, took it out, bone dry. It was so dry i put my finger at the end of it and i felt that it was dry

tom_simes
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2nd Nov 07 at 23:28   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thats not good, mean you were at least 500 ml below minimum - approx 15%
Whittie
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2nd Nov 07 at 23:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yup. Hope its not buggered, got to get to work tomorrow ( 50 miles )
IndyKalsey
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3rd Nov 07 at 01:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Funny that, checked mine a while ago, was running low, hadn't done that before.....
Fro
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3rd Nov 07 at 01:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Always give mums and my car a check saturday mornings.

Oil light doesnt come on in a b unless there is no pressure. by which time it would probably be fooked Alex you are lucky

[Edited on 03-11-2007 by fro-dizzle]
Olsrey
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I've had my pressure light come on before , fooking garage where I bought the car didnt screw the filter on properly so the filter blew off denting the raditor in the process . Was lucky that i turned engine off and dipped the clutch whilst coasting to a layby
Ren
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3rd Nov 07 at 01:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by tom_simes
I checked mine a couple of weeks ago, don't so it regularly to be honest as my engine has never used oil since I have had the car (two years).

Noticed it was now on minimum, which is still fine, but i was a bit worried it had used some. Wiped dipstick and checked oil level 3 times to make sure it was reading right, so then put about 800 mls in which took it just below max. Car hadn't been driven for 2 days by the way.

Checked it today, after not driving it since Tuesday, and was about 600 ml above the max mark!

Confused?


Oil is thicker when cold
IvIarkgraham
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3rd Nov 07 at 02:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
oil light doesnt come on for low level i dont think
LeeM
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3rd Nov 07 at 03:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my 12v ran out of water and oil at the same time once, cut out and smoked its way to the side of the road. i filled it up with both and never had another problem with it for the 8 more months i had it
Graham88
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3rd Nov 07 at 05:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My oil light comes in if I'm going quickly round corners, could probably do with a change tbh but I cba

[Edited on 03-11-2007 by Graham88]

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