As someone who likes to look after their pride and joy's mechanical well-being, carrying out all the maintenance and servicing work myself to ensure it's done right, a digital dipstick just doesn't fill me with the same confidence a conventional dipstick does.
A few days after buying my BMW E92 335i, I was surprised to learn that there was no physical dipstick, only a digital one accessible through iDrive. You might think that not having to get your hands dirty to get an oil level reading is great, but getting the thing to read out consistently was a real pain.
Similarly with the S5, I hadn't given it a second thought when purchasing the car. As standard, the B8 S5 3.0 TFSI V6T comes out of the factory with a dipstick blank. It looks like a dipstick, but it's just a dummy part, there's no stick. If yours is missing and you don't want to fit a dipstick, the part number for the dummy part is 06E115418.
Audi will tell you there is no dipstick part number available to suit the 3.0 TFSI V6T, but that's not the case.
Audi S5 V6T Dipstick Part Number
The genuine Audi part number you want is 06E115611H and costs just under £11 inc. VAT direct from any Audi dealership (price correct as of 2018). If you haven't got an Audi dealer near by, you can grab one on Amazon here*.
Audi V6T Dipstick Fitting Guide
Fitting the dipstick is as simple as it gets, give the blank a firm pull and it should come off. Then slide in the new dipstick. You can see the dipstick, fitting process and an oil level check comparison in the video below.
The only downside is that the yellow pull ring isn't working for me in my red themed engine bay, but that's a job for another day. Nevertheless, here are the before and after shots.
Finally, here's a comparison of the oil level on the dipstick vs the Audi MMI oil level. The oil's a bit darker than I'd like, but it is coming to the end of it's life, a service is due in the next 2000 miles.
Let me know what you think below, are you happy to use the digital dipstick, or are you like me and prefer something a bit more old fashioned?
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3 Comments
Hi Andy! You are doing a great thing with this blog! Thank you from everybody that reading you. No any issue when the dipstick is in the engine when running?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the message :)
DeleteNope, I had no issues at all leaving it fitted permanently. I had it fitted for a good few years too.
Hope this helps,
Andy
Thank you again.
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