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Topic Only if you believe sensors don't fail |
Blinking Oil Indicator IFlyLow - Friday, 22 April, 2011, at 12:11:21 am |
Re: Blinking Oil Indicator Pedro (Odessa, FL) - Friday, 22 April, 2011, at 9:48:15 am |
So, based on that, and the evidence from his dip-stick, we can conclude... grant - Friday, 22 April, 2011, at 12:22:09 pm |
Re: Blinking Oil Indicator IFlyLow - Saturday, 23 April, 2011, at 3:09:28 am |
Wes the car level? Boxsterra - Saturday, 23 April, 2011, at 8:00:20 pm |
Re: Wes the car level? IFlyLow - Sunday, 24 April, 2011, at 3:52:52 pm |
IIRC the oil level sensor is at the top of the engine. No need to mess with it... MarcW - Sunday, 24 April, 2011, at 4:15:27 pm |
Re: IIRC the oil level sensor is at the top of the engine. No need to mess with it... IFlyLow - Monday, 25 April, 2011, at 1:00:35 am |
Makes sense to me & I love the new oil level checking setup and do not miss the dipstick. *NM* MarcW - Monday, 25 April, 2011, at 5:54:04 pm |
Re: Makes sense to me & I love the new oil level checking setup and do not miss the dipstick. Bobtesa - Tuesday, 26 April, 2011, at 9:37:43 pm |
Isn't there one bar over full on the dash readout? (I'm away from the Boxster.) Laz - Wednesday, 27 April, 2011, at 8:18:03 am |
Re: Isn't there one bar over full on the dash readout? Yes. The gauge should look like Guenter in Ontario - Wednesday, 27 April, 2011, at 9:09:01 am |
Re: Isn't there one bar over full on the dash readout? (I'm away from the Boxster.) Bobtesa - Wednesday, 27 April, 2011, at 10:34:44 am |
Re: Isn't there one bar over full on the dash readout? (I'm away from the Boxster.) Guenter in Ontario - Wednesday, 27 April, 2011, at 12:04:26 pm |
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Bobtesa
Yes, as Gunter shows (thanks, why had I not noticed that?), there is a "bar to high" for the oil level readout. But, still, if I run out of gas it is an inconvenience. If I run out of oil, or run way low and the digital sensors are on the fritz, I may have a seriious problem. In my 99 I looked at the digit readout pretty much prior to each start up. And, I also checked the dipstick with each car wash - at least once a month. Maybe its just an (in)security thing. O2 sensors go bad, couldn't the oil level sensor?
The bar too high is maybe .1 litres and if you overfill mikefocke, '01S Sanford, NC - Wednesday, 27 April, 2011, at 2:14:59 pm |
Only if you believe sensors don't fail mikefocke, '01S Sanford, NC - Wednesday, 27 April, 2011, at 8:05:33 am |
I too like the automatic check. It keeps us all on top of oil level. That said i miss the grant - Wednesday, 27 April, 2011, at 10:29:49 am |
Do you miss a mechanical driven tach? Speedo with a cable? What about mechanical... MarcW - Friday, 29 April, 2011, at 6:14:04 pm |
I believe it uses a Hall Effect Sensor. *NM* Pedro (Odessa, FL) - Friday, 29 April, 2011, at 7:18:22 pm |
What relative magnetic motion is it detecting? *NM* grant - Friday, 29 April, 2011, at 8:10:55 pm |
A small floating magnet inside a plastic tube. *NM* Pedro (Odessa, FL) - Friday, 29 April, 2011, at 10:08:04 pm |
ok, you guys get this straight, ok :-) grant - Saturday, 30 April, 2011, at 9:33:11 am |
I don't have... Pedro (Odessa, FL) - Saturday, 30 April, 2011, at 7:35:07 pm |
The float would move. *NM* grant - Sunday, 1 May, 2011, at 8:52:40 am |
technically... Pedro (Odessa, FL) - Sunday, 1 May, 2011, at 6:55:41 pm |
I really think those are very different grant - Friday, 29 April, 2011, at 8:10:32 pm |
Electrical conductivity of oil/oil as dielectric; a piezoelectric sensor; an optical sensor? Laz - Saturday, 30 April, 2011, at 8:40:15 pm |