How do I check oil level. Cant find the dip stick

[Gopee93]

 

[Zep]

Which model are you asking about.

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Gopee93]

This 2006 quattroporte sportGT

 

[Zep]

This 2006 quattroporte sportGT

Then it is a duo-select gearbox?

 

[Gopee93]

Yes it is.

 

[Wanderer]

It’s on the left hand side as you look, front of engine, in a kind of cut out in the engine bay plastic cladding.

 

[Zep]

Ok. So it’s dry sump. The dipstick is built into the cap of the oil tank in the front right hand side of the engine bay.



You need to check the level with the engine running on a level surface.

 

[Gopee93]

Got it. Thanks so much

 

[Ewan]

You also need to buy the handbook as for just a few Pounds you’ll then have the answers to a whole host of questions. Old copies crop up on EBay from time to time.

 

[Zep]

Got it. Thanks so much

No worries. Do introduce yourself in the Newbies section.

 

[rs48635]

Welcome, seems you have the necessary details.

There will be other dipsticks turning up soon with all manner of advice

 

[rs48635]

Got it. Thanks so much

this also means that checking the oil involves at least *30 minute task for me. Of course it is possible to just check the oil when arriving home after a trip.

*When starting engine, my logic dictates that a drive is needed. Already introduced one "wear cycle" starting car from cold and need to leat fluids warm up to get a true reading. May as well reap the benefit and go for a tootle

 

[Wanderer]

Getting the dipstick out is a knuckle-scraper too - at least for me with my massive hands......

 

[Cdn17Sport6MT]

this also means that checking the oil involves at least *30 minute task for me. Of course it is possible to just check the oil when arriving home after a trip.

*When starting engine, my logic dictates that a drive is needed. Already introduced one "wear cycle" starting car from cold and need to leat fluids warm up to get a true reading. May as well reap the benefit and go for a tootle

Now I really subscribe to this way of thinking, i.e. re the one wear cycle. I basically will never start the engine unless I plan to drive somewhere... and in a car I really care about - for a decent warm-up- and time-at-temperature duration.

 

[Wanderer]

Im a bit more laissez faire, I use mine to go to the shops, everything, I start it and set off immediately, driving gently though. My marker to let rip temp needle off the floor, heater heating, and gear change out of its moody phase.

BTW, I think I have a pdf of the owners manual, might be for a 2007 or 2008 tho...

 

[MarkMas]

Getting the dipstick out is a knuckle-scraper too - at least for me with my massive hands......

What about opening the bonnet of a QPV? I would find it impossible without my trusty hardwood spatula.

 

[Wanderer]

What about opening the bonnet of a QPV? I would find it impossible without my trusty hardwood spatula.

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Yeah lol, show us the engine mate. Cue 15mins struggling with the latch…

 

[MarkMas]

Yeah lol, show us the engine mate. Cue 15mins struggling with the latch…

I've got it down to a slick 5 minutes now.

• Insert tips of fingers as far as you can through the tiny opening until you can just touch the latch.
• Insert wooden spatula along direction of fingers.
• Pinch fingers firmly and painfully between latch and spatula.
• Gently withdraw fingers while keeping the spatula in exactly the right position.
• Rotate tip of spatula upwards to try to lift latch, while taking care not to damage bodywork.
• Repeat 5-50 times until bonnet opens.

I would really like to get a Maserati-branded spatula, so that it looks as if it intentionally came with the car, rather than being bought in desperation at Sainsbury's. Maybe someone with a 3D printer can make some.

 

[Wanderer]

I've got it down to a slick 5 minutes now.

• Insert tips of fingers as far as you can through the tiny opening until you can just touch the latch.
• Insert wooden spatula along direction of fingers.
• Pinch fingers firmly and painfully between latch and spatula.
• Gently withdraw fingers while keeping the spatula in exactly the right position.
• Rotate tip of spatula upwards to try to lift latch, while taking care not to damage bodywork.
• Repeat 5-50 times until bonnet opens.

I would really like to get a Maserati-branded spatula, so that it looks as if it intentionally came with the car, rather than being bought in desperation at Sainsbury's. Maybe someone with a 3D printer can make some.

Apparently Jennifer Lawrence ties a wooden spatula tied to her Apple TV remote cos they seem to go missing in bed. I can believe that since mind once found it's way into my under-crackers.

 

[MarkMas]

Apparently Jennifer Lawrence ties a wooden spatula tied to her Apple TV remote cos they seem to go missing in bed. I can believe that since mind once found it's way into my under-crackers.

Is that what she told you it was?