Magnesium
01-16-2023, 05:31 PM
Recently bought a 2011 S4 w/ 107K miles. Runs great. For the first several hundred miles the MMI oil level showed fully full, then suddenly it showed fully low. Seemed odd to me so I ordered a dipstick and was reassured when it showed the oil as half full. That was a few weeks ago. Today the "add oil" warning light came on -- but dipstick still shows half full!
The dipstick I have is this one from Amazon, the "H" model:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0882M17M6
However, in comparing the tip of this one to some pics on the forum, it looks like my dipstick has the wrong tip, and is longer than it should be. That would explain the half-full reading when actually I'm burning oil and it's low.
Here are pics/measurements of someone else's dipstick:
https://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/872178-Oil-dipstick-length?p=13864035&viewfull=1#post13864035
Here's mine. The tip looks different (serrated area longer) than the above, and it measures 3/4" longer overall than the one above. Am I crazy or do I have the wrong dipstick?
The dipstick I have is this one from Amazon, the "H" model:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0882M17M6
However, in comparing the tip of this one to some pics on the forum, it looks like my dipstick has the wrong tip, and is longer than it should be. That would explain the half-full reading when actually I'm burning oil and it's low.
Here are pics/measurements of someone else's dipstick:
https://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/872178-Oil-dipstick-length?p=13864035&viewfull=1#post13864035
Here's mine. The tip looks different (serrated area longer) than the above, and it measures 3/4" longer overall than the one above. Am I crazy or do I have the wrong dipstick?