Hi All,
does anyone know the exact Dipstick that fits the 1.6fsi 2004 engine?
Reason being there seems to be x3 part numbers I've seen so far, these are:
1. 870 115 611 E
2. 870 115 611 M
3. 870 115 611 P
I have the 'P' one in my car but I'm beginning to think it's the wrong one?
I changed the oil in March this year, and as I referred to in another post, painted the bottom of the Dipstick white so I could see the new oil on the stick better, I also took the advice of another member on here to file one side of the stick, this seemed to work ok for a while or so I thought.
I've been experiencing far too much rattling at start up for a while so I did what I normally do and remove the Dipstick the night before, leave it out, clean it, and then dip the oil in the morning - only to find the oil was reading full? I did this several times at various hot and cold engine times only to find the oil at the same level.
I then asked my local VW-Audi mechanic did he know of any way to reduce the excessive rattle on start up? They told me to change the oil type, oil filter and put Lucas oil stabiliser in and see if that helped.
Now I do believe that A2 1.6fsi has 4./3-5 litres of oil in the sump? (correct me if wrong) so I drained the oil and to my utter amazement I only got 2 litres of old oil from the sump, well as you can imagine the alarm bells went off! So I put the advised 1 litre of stabliser in and filled up with 3.2 litres of oil just short of the correct level (4.2), then when the Dipstick was dunked the level went up over the top of the sloped top part of the indicator on the stick, sorry I'm at a loss with this??
Anyway the car runs extremely quietly now and as only 1-2 seconds of start rattle that apparently is common on this engine, so with correct level of manufacturers oil level in - that'll do me!
Or does anyone have any info or ideas on this please?
Thank you
Cheers
Doug
does anyone know the exact Dipstick that fits the 1.6fsi 2004 engine?
Reason being there seems to be x3 part numbers I've seen so far, these are:
1. 870 115 611 E
2. 870 115 611 M
3. 870 115 611 P
I have the 'P' one in my car but I'm beginning to think it's the wrong one?
I changed the oil in March this year, and as I referred to in another post, painted the bottom of the Dipstick white so I could see the new oil on the stick better, I also took the advice of another member on here to file one side of the stick, this seemed to work ok for a while or so I thought.
I've been experiencing far too much rattling at start up for a while so I did what I normally do and remove the Dipstick the night before, leave it out, clean it, and then dip the oil in the morning - only to find the oil was reading full? I did this several times at various hot and cold engine times only to find the oil at the same level.
I then asked my local VW-Audi mechanic did he know of any way to reduce the excessive rattle on start up? They told me to change the oil type, oil filter and put Lucas oil stabiliser in and see if that helped.
Now I do believe that A2 1.6fsi has 4./3-5 litres of oil in the sump? (correct me if wrong) so I drained the oil and to my utter amazement I only got 2 litres of old oil from the sump, well as you can imagine the alarm bells went off! So I put the advised 1 litre of stabliser in and filled up with 3.2 litres of oil just short of the correct level (4.2), then when the Dipstick was dunked the level went up over the top of the sloped top part of the indicator on the stick, sorry I'm at a loss with this??
Anyway the car runs extremely quietly now and as only 1-2 seconds of start rattle that apparently is common on this engine, so with correct level of manufacturers oil level in - that'll do me!
Or does anyone have any info or ideas on this please?
Thank you
Cheers
Doug