Emissions System Problem

[TchnoZ33]

Okay I’ll do that! I looked at the paperwork from the dealership when I last changed my oil…said x 4 for the oil used…I’m assuming that is 4 quarts. Isn’t it supppsed to be 5? Anyone know?

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[Jester04]

Believe 5.7 quarts is a full factory fill. Typically 5 to 5.5 quarts for an oil change.

This! Its almost 6 qts. The reason I ask all of this its that a lot of places mess these things up because they are lazy and don’t know. And low oil pressure will give you that code.

 

[TchnoZ33]

Yeah I appreciate it!!! I’m going to the dealership tomorrow. Thanks!

 

[RP2000R]

My vote is low oil, hopefully a easy fix for you!

 

[spiff72]

Honestly…I looked like 10 times and the damn oil is so clear I can’t 100% tell…it looks like it is but maybe slightly low? I can’t tell easily

Oh man - I just had flashbacks to my 2018 Accord Sport 2.0T 6MT with the orange plastic thing on the end of the dipstick. Does the FL5 have the plastic end to the dipstick? I haven't looked at mine yet, but now I feel the urge to go check my oil.

I ----ing hated that useless dipstick - especially with fresh oil. It was virtually unreadable.

EDIT: I just went and looked - ugh. Orange dipstick. Clearly I am going to have to look for a new car now...

 

[spiff72]

I should also add that dealers not adding enough oil during an oil change is something that I am pretty sure happened to me with my last car (MK8 Golf R).

I got a warning message in the infotainment telling me I needed to add no more than 1 quart at my earliest convenience (which I did). I was then concerned that the car was using oil and did a whole dance with the dealer to check for oil consumption and found zero evidence of it -- either during the short interval that they did, or in my ongoing monitoring of the level.

I came to the decision that it was probably an incomplete fill at my previous oil change. That's one thing I learned about VWs (at least this one) -- they can actually monitor and warn about low oil levels.

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