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Originally Posted by biopete
Yeah. Thanks. The dealer said he had changed the oil and he was a mercedes guy , drove mercedes and bought and sold a lot of mercedes so i trust he put the right amount in or close enough. Plus surely it would give i big red light somewhere if it was ever dangerously low.
One thing i really don't like is how instead of a nice oil pressure gauge, I have a big analog clock taking up 1/3 of my instrument cluster. i'll just have to get a computer it looks like. Eventually all new cars will have to have on board diagnostics displays as they get more and more computerized and robotic. Hopefully a law will mandate it so car owners are not at the mercy of dealers. A system much like the w210 ac diagnosis . Thats another thing i miss. It looks like they did away with that.
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One good thing about the warning RED lamp as per oil-level. It also notifies you of too much oil in the crankcase, and to reduce it. It will also report just how much oil is in your crankcase.
The computer center has a simple procedure to determine how much oil is in the crankcase as well, when the engine is off.
This is all provided the system is working properly.
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Originally Posted by TMAllison
Wondering if those errors might be low voltage and loss of communication?
You've got two batteries in yours. I think the little one under the computer box runs accessories and sensors? Might be wrong.
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Never thought of that, but it's worth considering too for us noobs. I learned that there's no difference in RED warning, low-battery indicator differentiating which battery is low. I suppose if I had the STAR DAS diagnostic tool monitor, it would have done the differentiating for me.