Dip Stick Location

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Just purchased a new Fiat Ducato Professional, now done 480 miles, cab oil gauge was showing 95% capacity at 43 miles, now showing 60%. Can't find dipstick to confirm what's going on, can anybody help? Perhaps another manufacturer that done away way the dipstick?
 
I seem to remember reading that the Fiat Ducato vehicles can burn some oil in the first few thousand miles :unsure:
 
So, getting to know the new vehicle, and whilst scrolling through the different pages, came accross the Oil level page (see attached).
In the so called improvements made to the series 8, there is no longer a dip stick, so you can no longer physically check the oil, but are now reliant on a gauge, which you have to scroll through pages to get to. At least in the previous Ducato, the oil level came up in the screen each time you turned the ignition on.
my question is, looking at the picture, it appears not to be on maximum, so do I add some oil, or leave it, as its ‘nearly’ full. And if I do add some , how much do you reckon?
I have always checked my oil on a regular basis, and am somewhat frustrated that am now totally reliant on a gauge.
my problem is that I am too old school🙈 and sometimes find it difficult to rely on technology🙈

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Series 8 Ducato - Checking Oil

So, getting to know the new vehicle, and whilst scrolling through the different pages, came accross the Oil level page (see attached). In the so called improvements made to the series 8, there is no longer a dip stick, so you can no longer physically check the oil, but are now reliant on a...
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Has it got a "710" cap anywhere?


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Fisherman said:
So, getting to know the new vehicle, and whilst scrolling through the different pages, came accross the Oil level page (see attached).
In the so called improvements made to the series 8, there is no longer a dip stick, so you can no longer physically check the oil, but are now reliant on a gauge, which you have to scroll through pages to get to. At least in the previous Ducato, the oil level came up in the screen each time you turned the ignition on.
my question is, looking at the picture, it appears not to be on maximum, so do I add some oil, or leave it, as its ‘nearly’ full. And if I do add some , how much do you reckon?
I have always checked my oil on a regular basis, and am somewhat frustrated that am now totally reliant on a gauge.
my problem is that I am too old school🙈 and sometimes find it difficult to rely on technology🙈

www.motorhomefun.co.uk

Series 8 Ducato - Checking Oil

So, getting to know the new vehicle, and whilst scrolling through the different pages, came accross the Oil level page (see attached). In the so called improvements made to the series 8, there is no longer a dip stick, so you can no longer physically check the oil, but are now reliant on a...
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Stick half a ltr in as it will burn it off during small mileage, dont pussy foot it but do vary the speed and do short trips for the first few thousand miles.
Chap I knew had the same problem with a newish merk and they told him to come in to the garage, never made it and the donkey died, then they gave him the runaround saying his fault, solicitor soon got it sorted, new engine required, just more cr-p which is not required on things these days.
 
maingate said:
What a stupid idea to discontinue a dipstick.

I expect we will see engines overfilled and the Turbo sucking in oil and destroying the engine.
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Oh come on, why have a simple dipstick when you can have a much more complicated, hard to fathom, unreliable and expensive alternative? I mean those dip stick thingies are always failing and so unreliable whereas this newer electronic system is bound to be 100% reliable and therefore would never ever result in a catastrophic engine failure.
I really don't know what's up with you lot.
 
Same rules with a digital display as with a dip stick. You need to find out the amount of oil between the min and max marks, otherwise you're just guessing.
 
jeffscarborough said:
I seem to remember reading that the Fiat Ducato vehicles can burn some oil in the first few thousand miles.
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When mine was new (2013), I had to top it up a few times before the first service. It has never needed a top up since, between services. Now at 139k mls.
 
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