timlocke

Reading Bob Petruska's details about the oil level sensor...wouldn't it have been easier and maybe cheaper, for Audi just to equip ALL the engines with a simple mechanical dipstick? My 2.0t Q5 has the sensor and came with no dipstick...I bought one within days, checked it against the sensor and now use it exclusively.

brutus23079

Tim, I'm with you. Would save a lot of needless headaches.

Tdifan, 059115611AM is indeed the right part number. <EDIT: NO IT'S NOT. Read later posts in thread.> On your calibrate question, I had to do so because I got the wrong one. VW dealer in Hamburg "assured me" it was the right one, but that's old news now. I had to build up the end near the handle so the stick would stop in the proper place. "Calibrated" it by intentionally shorting the oil a half liter during an oil change, then verifying MMI (eventually) read correctly. Someday, I'll end up getting the "AM" version. In your case, as long as you're 100% sure you got the right version, it's a non-issue for you.

So this gets back to the whole, "If Audi would just put a dipstick in all their vehicles..." discussion. Grrr...

tdifan

According to my order from ECS - I did get the AM one.
Engine Oil Dipstick - Mfg Part#059115611AM

I am just attaching a link to the discussion here when I was in search for one.
https://www.audiworld.com/forums/q5-...2860423/page2/

Thanks!

Millen

brutus23079

Yeah, that's a great link. {Thanks Spijun. }

So did your oil warning go away on its own then?

tdifan

Funny that you asked . It did - yesterday. MMI is still confused as of the oil level though . It's still thinking and calculating. No level to display yet. And as Mr. Bob advised, I am not touching the hood. Still waiting for the friendly service manager to call me, as promised.

Bob Petruska

and that is probably true as most pople I talk to think that all makes of engines don't consume any oil between oil changes and if the low oil pressure warning comes on they take it to a garage. So Audi said to protect their warranty interests and including the fact that Audi engines can burn oil super fast (1 qt per 600 miles is acceptable) they came up with the oil monitoring system and since 99% of owners will never look at a dip stick they removed it.

tdifan

Oh well, this story hopefully will end. After a trip to the dealer - i was told the dipstick is too long. So, the tech who did thee oil change, went by dipstick measure and not by the MMI . This time, they did add oil and now the MMI reads full and the above described dipstick reads "above Max".

I will appreciate any input. Should I "calibrate" the dipstick by marking the level now? Or is thete a "real" dipstick for Q5 3.0 TDI. Sarajevo friend, please step in .

Thanks!

SQive

It seems now, that you could simply mark the correct spot on the new dipstick and be done with it...why not?

Yoshimura

Or simply throw the dipstick in the garbage and use the MMI... :-)

RichWaz

My Q5 is a 2014 TDI Premium Plus. The car has 3700 miles and has not yet had its first oil change. I purchased oil dipstick 059 115 611 AM from ECS last week. The MMI oil level indicator shows a level midway from MAX to MIN. I'm thinking this is a good time to compare the reading on the MMI with the dipstick. I inserted/removed the dipstick and it indicates an oil level above the MAX line (about 20 mm above the MAX line). So - either this part number (059 115 611 AM) is not the correct part for the 2014 Q5 TDI or both tidfan and I received dipsticks that were incorrectly made and are to long.