Engine oil 'minimum level' warning message

[fwb44]

This is the conundrum: on my '98 W210 E300 TD estate (which I am still running at 299,000 miles) about every other day I get the 'engine oil at mimimum level' warning message, usually on the motorway, usually on a slight upward incline. But the engine oil is showing maximum level on the dipstick. Why am I getting this message and what other fault(s) should I be looking for? If it's of any relevance we are about 1800 miles away from the next service interval at present.

 

[Sprint'n'Go]

Landrovers have been known to allow the dipstick tube to slide into the sump which then gives a possibley catastrophic wrong oil level reading. Could this be happening to you?

 

[jberks]

I suspect its more likely to be a faulty sensor.

 

[fwb44]

I suspect its more likely to be a faulty sensor.

I wondered about this. How do I check for a faulty sensor?

 

[television]

The remedy, the coding of instrument cluster has to be read out and changed from engine 112 to 113 with the HHT test set.

Malcolm

 

[fwb44]

The remedy, the coding of instrument cluster has to be read out and changed from engine 112 to 113 with the HHT test set. Malcolm

Thanks for that, this is one for my local indie!

 

[OlafMaxwell]

The sensor is a an occasional failure. I too had grief with one from new. just a case of replace and monitor. Dont ask me where it is because when mine was done the guy in the main dealr could not tell me where it was located!!