Husky Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 whole thing of oil being which size of tub? i hope you walked to halfords for the oil though Quote
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 My older Sister used to have a VW Golf and she never checked the oil or serviced the car. One day she was driving back home, oil light came on, trail of smoke out the exhaust and engine was making a noise like a 1960's tractor. When she did finally limp it back home my old man laid into her big time !!! "What did you do when the engine started making that noise" !!! ? Sister: " Turned the stereo up and kept driving".... I guess im just trying to say there are plenty of people who are not great when it comes to running cars (umm my sister for one), I was only young at the time but I rememberer this vividly and always check my oil because of this memory.... Im kinda guessing that you will too now after this post so hopefully your Zed is ok and you will have learnt something.... Just remember if your Zed sounds like a tractor FFS don't turn up the chuffing radio Quote
BulletMagnet Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Lets hope your Piston rings arent too fried!! Did you watch The Fast And The Furios 1 last night? Quote
Darren-B Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Lets hope your Piston rings arent too fried!! An easy way to tell would be get someone else to start it when cold so you can see how much smoke comes out the back Hope you havent caused to much damage Quote
M13KYF Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 The light didnt come on. Its a VU04. the light is nothing to do with oil level but to do with oil pressure. When the light comes on your pumping air round the engine Quote
Stew Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 My older Sister used to have a VW Golf and she never checked the oil or serviced the car. One day she was driving back home, oil light came on, trail of smoke out the exhaust and engine was making a noise like a 1960's tractor. When she did finally limp it back home my old man laid into her big time !!! "What did you do when the engine started making that noise" !!! ? Sister: " Turned the stereo up and kept driving".... I guess im just trying to say there are plenty of people who are not great when it comes to running cars (umm my sister for one), I was only young at the time but I rememberer this vividly and always check my oil because of this memory.... Im kinda guessing that you will too now after this post so hopefully your Zed is ok and you will have learnt something.... Just remember if your Zed sounds like a tractor FFS don't turn up the chuffing radio Oh, just bought a second hand car. One lady owner....... Not always such a good thing. Especially when she has a teenage son thats been thrashing the nuts off it! Quote
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 My older Sister used to have a VW Golf and she never checked the oil or serviced the car. One day she was driving back home, oil light came on, trail of smoke out the exhaust and engine was making a noise like a 1960's tractor. When she did finally limp it back home my old man laid into her big time !!! "What did you do when the engine started making that noise" !!! ? Sister: " Turned the stereo up and kept driving".... I guess im just trying to say there are plenty of people who are not great when it comes to running cars (umm my sister for one), I was only young at the time but I rememberer this vividly and always check my oil because of this memory.... Im kinda guessing that you will too now after this post so hopefully your Zed is ok and you will have learnt something.... Just remember if your Zed sounds like a tractor FFS don't turn up the chuffing radio Oh, just bought a second hand car. One lady owner....... Not always such a good thing. Especially when she has a teenage son thats been thrashing the nuts off it! Has it got a good stereo though ??? Quote
EdZed Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 M13KYF says the engine needs to be cold to check the oil but doesn't the handbook say you should do it when the engine is warm? I'm a bit paranoid about this - my previous car (6cly BMW) used to drink lots of oil and I just kept pouring it in - but so far my Zed has been quite a modest consumer....but I have been religiously checking it with the engine warm... Quote
M13KYF Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 engine should be cold, the only true way to measure the oil level. Thats always the way i've done it. Show me the handbook where it says warm Quote
Darren-B Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 I would normally check it once the engine is warm as the oil expands with heat, but leave it a good 5mins once the engine has been stopped so that the oil can drain back down into the sump Quote
BulletMagnet Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Has anybody thought of taking a Dremel to the hatched area? To deepen the grooves a little more so the oil can cling to it better? Quote
Darren-B Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Has anybody thought of taking a Dremel to the hatched area?To deepen the grooves a little more so the oil can cling to it better? How hot you running your car before checking the oil Quote
CoopR Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Lets hope your Piston rings arent too fried!! Did you watch The Fast And The Furios 1 last night? To be fair, it may be bad but at least his floor won't fall off My CTR seemed to drink more oil than petrol sometimes so I usually check weekly when it gets it wash and wax. Quote
Vik54 Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 engine needs to be cold and car on level gorund before checking the oil. Don't check it if you just started it up to move it 5 meters. Oil will already be pumped around the engine so give a false reading. D'you know I always thought that was the case - but reading the manual it states clearly to run the engine to operating temp then let stand to allow oil to drain back into the pan..............so not sure why should run it the let drain......... I've always done cold checks until now Quote
jerry3167 Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Has anybody thought of taking a Dremel to the hatched area?To deepen the grooves a little more so the oil can cling to it better? Thats a very good idea, I`ll try that on sunday *Looks for dremel* Quote
BulletMagnet Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Has anybody thought of taking a Dremel to the hatched area?To deepen the grooves a little more so the oil can cling to it better? Thats a very good idea, I`ll try that on sunday *Looks for dremel* I can see a new thread in the "Wanted" section already...."Dipstick wanted for '06 Zed" Quote
Darren-B Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 I have a spare if you wanted to try it out first, there £24 odd quid from the stealers Quote
BulletMagnet Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 actually, I just had a thought about my idea... Seeing that the dipstick is already a fairly thin piece of material, would deepening the grooves cause the tip of the dipstick to snap off if the engine is running and the oil gets hot? Don't really fancy finding out the hard way... Quote
Husky Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 omg guys the dipstick has served mankind for long enough without modding Quote
Darren-B Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 bullets idea, not mine, maybe he can make a carbon one and go to the dragons den with it Quote
jerry3167 Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 ROFLCOPTER ..I can see PETER JONES rubbing his hands together in anticipation Quote
rich5259 Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 I remember we had a manager that ran a sierra cosworth when i was at ComputerVision - he thought it would go between services with checking the oil ........ NOPE! epic fail of bottom end. Quote
stanski Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 come on leave the guy alone folks the zed engine is a tough unit sure it will be fine. Quote
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