Car oil change ?

travelmonster

Hi guys

I wonder if anyone of you could help me here.

My car oil engine light is on. I checked the dip stick and there was only a few ml of oil on it. I put a litre of oil on. Still the engine light is on.

It's either really low and I need to put more in. Or would I need to take it to garage and get it changed ?

What do u recommend?

[Deleted User]

Have you checked the dip stick again? You need to fill it up until it's at the max level on the dip stick which is probably much more than 1 litre.

Then investigate why it had got so low.

z1a

Then investigate why it had got so low.

Probably 'cos she only checks things when warning lights come on.

Alter_ego

The oil light coming on indicates that you have probably just wrecked your engine.

[Deleted User]

z1a wrote: »

Then investigate why it had got so low.

Probably 'cos she only checks things when warning lights come on.

Yes I had gathered that. No need to be sarcastic.

Investigating could be asking yourself why you never checked your oil levels.

cajef

Is this the Audi you bought, have you bothered to have it serviced since your last posts about it or do you just keep running it until something goes wrong?

z1a

Deleted_User wrote: »

Yes I had gathered that. No need to be sarcastic.

Investigating could be asking yourself why you never checked your oil levels.

It was YOU being sarcastic, I was just making it clear to OP.

[Deleted User]

z1a wrote: »

It was YOU being sarcastic, I was just making it clear to OP.

Cars don't just lose all their oil. Could be a leak somewhere.

You are just rude.

GunJack

Some cars (as been highlighted on here with a Yaris) can use a LOT of oil and be considered within "normal" useage. The Yaris was 1 LITRE per 1000km as I recall. We had a 1.8 Duratec Mondeo which was high useage as per normal.

What I'd do if I were the OP is get it checked over and then check oil far more frequently going forward....it may be that the consumption is within normal for their car

AdrianC

The oil light is not a "You might like to check the oil, because the level's a bit low" light.
It's a "Your engine does not have any oil going round it. Turn it off NOW." light. So, yes, the level is VERY low for it to get to that stage...

cajef

z1a wrote: »

Probably 'cos she only checks things when warning lights come on.

What makes you think they are female, in another thread they were asking about shaving cream saying they have sensitive skin.