Sudden oil consumption !!!
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Got a 2004 SL55 AMG with 47k miles and had it exactly a year.
lt has never used a drop of oil in that time, but driving to work today a warning suddenly flashed up saying "Oil level low, visit workshop".
The handbook said it would be either low oil or a sensor malfunction. When l followed the instructions it said "oil level low, add 2.0 litres" which l've now done and everything is reading fine.
However, why should it suddenly need 2 litres of oil? Also, it could have said add 0.5 litre or 1 litre or 1.5 litres so why if it has started to use a bit of oil would it be 2.0 litres unless it was sudden consumption?
Then l had a horrible thought that it might be a sensor and not actually used any oil but because it hasn't got a dipstick l couldn't check and now l may have overfilled it?
Any thoughts?
lt has never used a drop of oil in that time, but driving to work today a warning suddenly flashed up saying "Oil level low, visit workshop".
The handbook said it would be either low oil or a sensor malfunction. When l followed the instructions it said "oil level low, add 2.0 litres" which l've now done and everything is reading fine.
However, why should it suddenly need 2 litres of oil? Also, it could have said add 0.5 litre or 1 litre or 1.5 litres so why if it has started to use a bit of oil would it be 2.0 litres unless it was sudden consumption?
Then l had a horrible thought that it might be a sensor and not actually used any oil but because it hasn't got a dipstick l couldn't check and now l may have overfilled it?
Any thoughts?
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