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      04-30-2013, 02:17 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by SharkBait View Post
I'm pretty clear on the difference. To elaborate, it was an error message in the cluster and the iDrive said the oil level was too low. None of the idiot lights came on. On the iDrive's car status screen, it showed the oil level as just above empty.
The iDrive indicator only measures one quart of oil. If it is showing just above empty, it actually means it's measuring 6 qts of oil, not 0 qts of oil.

"Empty" on iDrive is the same as the "min" line on a traditional dipstick, not literally empty.
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