I wondered if any of you mechanically minded peeps could help me understand what is going on. My oil light came on last night, so I turned off the engine and restarted it a few minutes later as I was a mile from home, had no torch and no oil. When I restarted it the oil light didn't come back on. So I thought perhaps it was a sensor issue rather than lack of our. I had topped it up 6 weeks ago.
So I thought I would check it in the morning before a longish journey - which I did. I checked it cold and the car was level on the road outside my house. The dipstick said it was 3/4 full so this reconfirmed what I thought to be a sensor issue.
I did my journey of about 30 miles, but soon after setting off home on the return journey the oil light came on again. I left it a few minutes and then checked my oil levels. It said I had zero oil! So how can a dipstick show 3/4 full and then none? I don't have any leaks. It just gets through oil. There is no smoke or drips on the floor.
Should I have turned on the engine this morning and then let it cool before checking the oil with the dipstick? I can't understand how it could show such a vast difference.
All I can say is that I'm so pleased I took my oil with me this time else I probably wouldn't have got home!
Any ideas about what caused the difference and what the proper way to check oil would be really helpful as I don't want to run the risk of running low again.
SoozeC
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