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03-05-2018, 04:57 PM
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Oil level warning dash message
Can anyone help? 2003 X5 4.6is that keeps saying Check oil level on the dash every time I turn the car off after driving it. I have had an oil change, and oil level sensor replaced but still getting same error. No fault codes in diagnostics. Has anyone experienced this - any suggestions Thanks in advance Andy (in UK) 
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03-05-2018, 05:33 PM
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 When the light illuminates...and you check the dipstick (you have checked the dip stick, right?)...what does it read? Is the oil registering between the min & max lines on the oil dipstick? Is it nearer the minimum line? Is it nearer the maximum line? Or somewhere in the middle? Do you have proof of how much oil was used to refill when it was changed? An oil change doesn't necessarily mean that the correct amount of oil was replaced. As described in the section from the owners manual below...the amount of oil registering between the min & max lines is approx 1.1 quart (1 liter)...so if your dipstick is showing oil level near the minimum level...you may need up to about a liter of oil to prevent the "low oil level" light from illuminating:  {the 4.6is will need the same amount of oil as the 4.4 & 4.8is: 8½ quarts or 8 liters} 
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03-05-2018, 09:40 PM
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To what QSilver7 said, definitely check the dipstick to be sure. I actually had the stealership do my first oil change and when I left I ran in to the same thing, I barely made it out of the lot before the check oil light was on. When I pulled it back in the Tech had the audacity to tell me he would go ahead and throw another court in it to shut the light off but that they usually only put enough in to make sure the light stays off - needless to say we had a huge discussion about, the oil change was comped as customer sat and they haven't serviced my X again.
Beyond a faulty sensor or wiring issue I can't think of anything else that would make that light come on but low oil. Good luck with that.
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03-06-2018, 05:56 PM
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Hi guys
Thanks for the feedback, the first thing I checked was the oil level on the dipstick and it was at 3/4 between min and max on the dipstick and I had provided the garage with 10 litres of oil and got 1.5 litres back. So I know the engine has the correct level of oil in. The oil level sensor was changed because this fault was appearing before I had the oil change, so this is the reason a new one was put in, but I am still getting the same display on the dash. This only seems to happen after the car engine has got warm, for example if I turn the car on and off several times whilst it is cold the error message doesn't appear. Only seems to happen after a journey, and if I do the same thing (off/on) several times the message displays. The other strange thing is that no error codes are shown when the computer is plugged in......!! Any other suggestion? Cheers Andy
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03-06-2018, 07:05 PM
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This is interesting, maybe not same, but both my X5 and wife's X3 have M54 engines. The X5 oil light only comes on when there is no oil showing on the dipstick, I replaced the sensor and it didn't improve. The wife's X3 lights up when oil is at half way mark. Is this a codable parameter?
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