What did the electronic readout say the level was before the oil change? Is 7.5 liters a problem? I'll bet the other 0.5 liters is in the oil filter / oil filter housing.
------------- Max Charleston SC On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Robert Koziak via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > > Today I changed the oil on my 2004 320ED 4matic using a Topsider and > extracting the oil from the top. I patiently waited a couple of hours to > make sure all the oil was drained and the topsider indicated that 8.0 > liters were removed. I replaced the filter with Genuine Mercedes and > refilled with 8.0 liters go 5W40 Mobil 1. > > > Here is my issue.......... As you know Mercedes decided not to put an oil > dip stick in that year so I checked it electronically according to the > manual. Followed instructions exactly including the car being totally > level. I consistently get a reading of 7.5 liters. > > > In addition I bought an after market dip stick(KM808), the type you can't > leave in the car because it is too long. The reading on the dip stick 110 > mm. Has anyone else experienced this issue? > > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > > Bob K > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
