5 Beeps ....

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Just started the car and had 5 Beeps from Dash area ???? any ideas please, Also, the Oil Measurement routine on the dashboard seems to vary a lot in the time it ascribes to doing the check, sometimes a few seconds and today wanted 4 miinutes 43 seconds .... Is this a porsche trait ?

 

[911 turbo newbie]

sorry can't help, but does not sound right, still trying to learn how to use all my computer related devices after 2 months of ownership.

 

[ArBee]

I know this is going to sound stupid but do you have PCM with a sim in the tray? if so check to see if you have received a text! RB

 

[Diesel130]

The time it needs to do the oil check does vary. I think if you've recently turned it off, you get a larger value - presumably the time it thinks it will take for the oil to drain back down into the sump.

 

[Richard_Hamilton]

As Martyn says, it will depend on the drain time required to get an accurate reading. First thing in the morning, before starting, it should be 5 seconds, and when it is completely up to temperature it should be fairly quick too. (Excepting Turbos & GT3's which are dry-sump, and need to be hot with the engine running to get a reading). As for the beeps, what year is your car? If it is a facelift model, are there any messages in the 'check' menu? If not, then I have no idea, but unless it does it again, or you get a warning message, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[wealy]

I thought all 996's were dry sump?

 

[Richard_Hamilton]

On the M.96 Carrera engines there is a reservoir in the sump which carries the oil, so they aren't strictly dry sump in the way that Turbo and GT3 engines are, which have a 'dry' crankcase with an external oil tank.

 

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No further re-occurances of strange beeping, and apparantly my Indi tells me that there can be a big variation in Oil Check times, not for any real reason, just that it happens from time to time in a Porsche !!!!!!!!!!!! A Quirk. Out of interest how much oil do they use, I have come from being an Audi Owner, which drank the Mobile 1 approx 1000 miles per litre .... So far not topped up the oil and done nearly 2000 miles.

 

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w852dh1 ..... Must be the colour then, my Cab is also Guards Red but with Black. Thanks for info, I look forward to many miles of not having to top up oil. FYI, Just had some anti-leaves grills fitted to front radiator areas, done in Gloss Black Powdercoated Aluminium, and fitted by Parrs at Crawley, Sussex. Look great, and hopefully will lengthen life of Radiators. Sorry a bit off topic that.

 

[wealy]

Hi Image - check out my post and photo in "Leaves" FYI my 2002 with 62k uses about a litre of Mobil 1 every 2000 miles.