Thread: A question on oil levels

wbowner, rgearding your question and sheerluck's response.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

....And apparently these engines do use a little bit of oil as they run in, totally normal.

I seem to recall reading that the CGI (compacted graphite iron) engine blocks are porous at initial oil fill and it takes a little while for the oil to fill the pores therefore users report 'mysterious' oil usage. However it is perfectly acceptable and the oil consumption soon settles down.

Unless your engine is using much more oil that expected (by you or the dealer) then it is probably within tolerances.

HTH

Originally Posted by Blue C

Richard I thought you and others would be interested to know that I got my dealer service agent to check my oil level the other day as it was reading 1 "notch" above half on the electronic display (new MY14 in April this year/ now 6000km; no towing/ no off-road yet). Despite prior reassuring posts I wanted to know what that reading means in real terms. So they checked it for me and told me it took (only) 100mls to fill it! I checked it again yesterday and it's now reading full. Regards, David

Mine is currently the same, just above half.

I am nearly 4000km from my dealer so can't drop in there. I think nearest dealer is mackay.

I believe it is still ok though from what others have said.

Richard