KV6 oil level check.

mileshawk56 · 19th July 2020, 08:09

My method is : stop on level ground check dipstick, regardless of distance/time it always shows oil just covering the "bulb" Remove the dipstick completely and leave car for about hour or even more. Insert dipstick and it shows the real level (in my case just below full). I have used this for some months and it gave me peace of mind- no more wheres the oil gone puzzles. Chris S.

SD1too · 19th July 2020, 08:56

Indeed Chris. The official period is 5 minutes to allow time for oil to reach the sump from the upper parts of the engine. I suspect that this figure was chosen to make sure that people really did wait and need not be taken absolutely literally!

The plastic graticule on my dipstick is black; the best colour that could have been chosen to make reading the level as difficult as possible!

Simon

BRG75 · 19th July 2020, 09:32

Mine is black as well, can't really read it reliably in the garage, have to go into daylight.

Do other colours exist? ideally a light mushroom or something.

Different years maybe.

Mike

mileshawk56 · 19th July 2020, 10:28

Mines green - ZT 2004- no naughty comments. Chris.S

Yorkshire GOC · 19th July 2020, 13:37

I purchased a new dipstick late last year from Rimmers - pale green graticule.

maxi_crawf · 20th July 2020, 09:03

Pale green, as I got the 190.

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19th July 2020, 08:09	#1
mileshawk56 Posted a thing or two MGZT Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Berkshire Posts: 1,281 Thanks: 1,738 Thanked 299 Times in 216 Posts	KV6 oil level check. My method is : stop on level ground check dipstick, regardless of distance/time it always shows oil just covering the "bulb" Remove the dipstick completely and leave car for about hour or even more. Insert dipstick and it shows the real level (in my case just below full). I have used this for some months and it gave me peace of mind- no more wheres the oil gone puzzles. Chris S.

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SD1too Doesn't do things by halves Rover 75 2.5 Connoisseur Auto (1999) Dealer launch model. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Former Middlesex Posts: 20,344 Thanks: 1,587 Thanked 3,749 Times in 3,181 Posts	Indeed Chris. The official period is 5 minutes to allow time for oil to reach the sump from the upper parts of the engine. I suspect that this figure was chosen to make sure that people really did wait and need not be taken absolutely literally! The plastic graticule on my dipstick is black; the best colour that could have been chosen to make reading the level as difficult as possible! Simon __________________ "Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble." Sir Henry Royce.

19th July 2020, 09:32	#3
BRG75 Gets stuck in Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer, 9th & 10th Rovers Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Sevenoaks Posts: 973 Thanks: 670 Thanked 290 Times in 195 Posts	Mine is black as well, can't really read it reliably in the garage, have to go into daylight. Do other colours exist? ideally a light mushroom or something. Different years maybe. Mike __________________ Presently 2004 75 CDTi auto Connoisseur Tourer - White Gold 2001 75 2.5 auto Connoisseur Saloon - White Gold Previously 2002 75 1.8 auto Club SE, 2000 75 1.8 auto Classic SE (Company Car) 1997 420 (Company Car) 1996 216 cabriolet, 198? 213 VDP 1986 SD1 V8 VDP, 1968 2000TC, 1966 2000.

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Yorkshire GOC I really should get out more....... Rover 75 connoisseur se v6 auto Join Date: May 2014 Location: Hull Posts: 2,063 Thanks: 1,842 Thanked 623 Times in 469 Posts	I purchased a new dipstick late last year from Rimmers - pale green graticule. __________________ She came off the Longbridge Line on 20-05-2003 The Silver Machine was the 13th of 160 Rover 75's to come off the production line that day and is the 100th of 527 Starlight Silver Rover 75 2.5 V6 Connoisseur SE Auto saloons listed in the build records produced world wide.

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mileshawk56 Posted a thing or two MGZT Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Berkshire Posts: 1,281 Thanks: 1,738 Thanked 299 Times in 216 Posts	Mines green - ZT 2004- no naughty comments. Chris.S

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maxi_crawf Posted a thing or two R75 Saloon Conn CDT SE, MG ZT190+ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kingston-upon-Hull Posts: 1,960 Thanks: 823 Thanked 426 Times in 274 Posts	Pale green, as I got the 190. Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk