XC-60 2016 Reset messages and checking oil level

[Clan]

Originally Posted by Zebster

The readings do go down over time, consistent with oil loss. The gauge does then eventually 'flip' from 'max' to 'min' and - at the same time - the additional indication 'OK' switches to 'low'. I then leave it until I get the 'add 0.5L' message, once I add that volume the e-dipstick goes back to max + OK.

Over the period of my ownership I have learnt to trust the 'add 0.5L' message.

As an aside, following the recent service the e-dipstick is available very soon after switching the engine off.

Thats interesting , does your gauge look like the one in the manual above ?

[Zebster]

Originally Posted by Clan

Thats interesting , does your gauge look like the one in the manual above ?

It doesn't quite look like either of those examples. Similar though, with the graduated scale.

[Clan]

Originally Posted by Zebster

It doesn't quite look like either of those examples. Similar though, with the graduated scale.

my brother has a 2017 old type V60 and that has a linear scale ...

[MadAlicesDad]

Originally Posted by Zebster

Over the period of my ownership I have learnt to trust the 'add 0.5L' message.

Just took my V60 to local garage for an oil change. He put in the 5.2l stated, started the car and got the 'add 0.5l' message. He did.
Now it's showing engine oil service error message and P252F code because the level is too high.
It's back with him to drain some out but is there a way to syphon some off? It has the electronic dipstick, but is there a technicians dipstick anywhere?

[Clan]

Originally Posted by MadAlicesDad

Just took my V60 to local garage for an oil change. He put in the 5.2l stated, started the car and got the 'add 0.5l' message. He did.
Now it's showing engine oil service error message and P252F code because the level is too high.
Is there a way to syphon some off? It has the electronic dipstick, but is there a technicians dipstick anywhere?

if it the later 2.0 litre 4 cylinder diesel the correct oil quantity is 5 litres EXACTLY the back street garage is going to get themselves into lots of trouble doing this now. If he had reset the oil level gauge which is mandatory when he changed the oil he might have just got away with it .
What you need to do now is to drain the oil and filter again , put EXACTLY 5 litres back in and try it again , it would be a good idea to get the oil level gauge reset then .
If the message comes up again it means someone had put the wrong quantity in when setting the gauge last oil change .

Have you proof he used the correct 0w/20 VCC RBS0-2AE OIL ?

If not get the correct 5 litres of this oil before doing the above .

A lesson learned here ...

[Zebster]

Originally Posted by MadAlicesDad

Just took my V60 to local garage for an oil change. He put in the 5.2l stated, started the car and got the 'add 0.5l' message. He did.
Now it's showing engine oil service error message and P252F code because the level is too high.
It's back with him to drain some out but is there a way to syphon some off? It has the electronic dipstick, but is there a technicians dipstick anywhere?

Mine shows on the recent service invoice at a Volvo dealer that 5.2L was put into mine (and that line item was costed per litre!). But the next day - after covering more than 30km so that the e-dipstick had updated itself - the level was showing 'min' plus the word low (I did NOT get the 'add 0.5L message).

What I'm guessing may have happened here is that this (non-Volvo?) garage did not understand that the e-dipstick/level system does not give an instantaneous reading and so would have continued to display whatever levels were present BEFORE the oil change? A Volvo garage would have reset the e-dipstick indication to show 'max' plus the word OK to avoid this scenario although, as I found, if they don't put enough oil in then this can fool you into believing they actually put the right amount in and you'll only find out the level is wrong after covering more than 30km.

I read somewhere (probably another thread on this forum) that the VEA oil level and alerts were revised. However I cannot confirm this.

[MadAlicesDad]

Originally Posted by Clan

if it the later 2.0 litre 4 cylinder diesel the correct oil quantity is 5 litres EXACTLY the back street garage is going to get themselves into lots of trouble doing this now. If he had reset the oil level gauge which is mandatory when he changed the oil he might have just got away with it .
What you need to do now is to drain the oil and filter again , put EXACTLY 5 litres back in and try it again , it would be a good idea to get the oil level gauge reset then .
If the message comes up again it means someone had put the wrong quantity in when setting the gauge last oil change .

Have you proof he used the correct 0w/20 VCC RBS0-2AE OIL ?

If not get the correct 5 litres of this oil before doing the above .

A lesson learned here ...

It's 5.2l according to VIDA and he used the Castrol Edge oil I supplied. My point was (and the lesson learnt is) that the 'add oil' message is not foolproof. About 0.5l was drained out and all is back to normal.

[Zebster]

Originally Posted by MadAlicesDad

It's 5.2l according to VIDA and he used the Castrol Edge oil I supplied. My point was (and the lesson learnt is) that the 'add oil' message is not foolproof. About 0.5l was drained out and all is back to normal.

So after that 5.2L was added, was the oil level sensing system reset using VIDA?

If not then the system readings and warnings cannot be relied upon until the car has covered at least 30km.

[MadAlicesDad]

Oil was drained, filter changed and oil was added. Nothing was reset. Notwithstanding the c0ck up with quantities, are you saying that something as basic as pouring oil into a hole needs specialist Volvo tools or that it just won't be accurate until after 30km?

[Zebster]

Originally Posted by MadAlicesDad

Oil was drained, filter changed and oil was added. Nothing was reset. Notwithstanding the c0ck up with quantities, are you saying that something as basic as pouring oil into a hole needs specialist Volvo tools or that it just won't be accurate until after 30km?

Sort of. Although if the oil is completely drained and then the correct volume is added this needn't be a problem. It all depends if the garage understood that the system readings are inaccurate until the system has updated itself (which it seems they weren't?).

But Volvo still messed up mine by almost certainly not adding enough oil before forcing a reset onto the system using VIDA.