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Old 09-28-2015 | 04:31 PM
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Hello, recently changed oil using liquid molly 5-40, in couple of ocations de check oil alert comes up; i stop check oil shows its full and alert light goes off! Could it be a sensor? The oil?? Its a 2011 turbo...
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Is there a chance you overfilled it?
Old 09-28-2015 | 04:47 PM
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Mechanic told me he used close to 8 quarts...
Old 09-28-2015 | 08:31 PM
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If it's showing full bars there's a chance it has been slightly. I'd take out 2-400ml and see if the alert comes back. Run it at one bar less than full, if it alerts again it's most likely a sensor issue?
Old 09-29-2015 | 10:30 AM
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Car did it again yesterday after a couple of really hard pulls... Could it be the viscosity or that I didn't run mobil ?.. Ill try taking a couple of ml out as an option.. They did scan for errors and 0 errors founded
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Could be overfilled.
Old 09-30-2015 | 10:03 AM
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Mine does that occasionally. I assumed it had something to do with the tune I did, but the vendor says no other complaints. Been this way for over a year.



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