gac wrote
Seat says that you can add up to 0.5l if the level is below the hatched area, indicating that the hatched area represents somewhat less than 0.5l of oil, or about 10% of the capacity which is just over 4 l. I always add oil in small doses and check the dipstick two or three times.
I always pull the dipstick out, wipe, return and pull it out again to get a proper reading.
It sounds like you are on the absolute maximum mark.
I would be inclined to minimise hard cornering/braking, to avoid sloshing the oil about. This is what will put more oil into the PCV system. Oil shouldn't be burning off to any great extent, the major losses should be through the PCV system and a little getting past the piston rings. Significant loss, needing frequent top-ups, indicates a leak somewhere.
One way of getting a small amount of oil out could be by opening the oil filter housing and sucking some out with a turkey-baster or something similar? Probably best not to use it for turkeys again though.
Bump of an old thread, but it's relevant at the moment. I checked my PD130 oil level yesterday morning (car parked on the road overnight so is flat front-back, possible very slight camber, and cold oil) and the level was only just above the bottom of the hatched area. I'd got it into my head that 1 litre was enough to go from min to max so I put 0.5 litres in thinking that would put it just under max, but it's actually put it up to the top "curve" of the dipstick.
Seat says that you can add up to 0.5l if the level is below the hatched area, indicating that the hatched area represents somewhat less than 0.5l of oil, or about 10% of the capacity which is just over 4 l. I always add oil in small doses and check the dipstick two or three times.
I always pull the dipstick out, wipe, return and pull it out again to get a proper reading.
It sounds like you are on the absolute maximum mark.
I don't have an oil extractor and I don't fancy having to do it via the sump plug as I'd basically have to do a full oil change on it, but are you saying that it's actually OK to run at this level and any small amount of excess will just burn off in the normal way? It's going in for a replacement clutch tomorrow so if the guy has an oil extractor then I'll ask him to take a little bit out but I don't think he has one as he does services the old-fashioned way from underneath.
I would be inclined to minimise hard cornering/braking, to avoid sloshing the oil about. This is what will put more oil into the PCV system. Oil shouldn't be burning off to any great extent, the major losses should be through the PCV system and a little getting past the piston rings. Significant loss, needing frequent top-ups, indicates a leak somewhere.
One way of getting a small amount of oil out could be by opening the oil filter housing and sucking some out with a turkey-baster or something similar? Probably best not to use it for turkeys again though.
