I wanted to check the oil level after my last track event to see if the car is burning oil (not uncommon).
I vaguely noticed what looked like an electronic oil level checker function in the dash display and tried to use it. Turns out it DOES NOT check the oil level, but rather takes you through a process of checking the oil-- a process that is a bit comical.
I read the electronic owners' manual on how to check the oil.
The process is:
1. Warm up car (dash shows when it is warm enough).
2. Idle in neutral while parked on flat surface for about two minutes (dash tells you when you have waited long enough).
3. Turn off engine
4. Wait two more minutes
5. Pop the rear hatch and remove right side of engine cover (lift straight up, rocking back and forth gently to pull free of rubber pins (observe stickers on bottom of engine cover to learn when that part passed QA inspection).
6. Check oil with dipstick / add oil if needed.
7. Replace engine cover.
The issue is that, under normal driving and/or idling, THE ENGINE NEVER GETS WARM ENOUGH to check the oil.
After trading calls with Sergio (NSX tech), the official procedure (contrary to owners manual) is to bring the car to temp by putting in Sport+ mode in neutral and hold the throttle at 3K RPM. Computer will drop RPM after a couple of minutes. Release throttle and mash again to bring up revs. Repeat until warm enough (indicated in the "oil check assist" dash function). Then proceed to Step #2 .
Anyway, after some serious hard driving, my oil was just a bit over the "full" markers. I was expecting it to be down by 0.5 to 1.0 liters during "break in." Car doesn't seem to burn any oil at all, even under very hard use.
I vaguely noticed what looked like an electronic oil level checker function in the dash display and tried to use it. Turns out it DOES NOT check the oil level, but rather takes you through a process of checking the oil-- a process that is a bit comical.
I read the electronic owners' manual on how to check the oil.
The process is:
1. Warm up car (dash shows when it is warm enough).
2. Idle in neutral while parked on flat surface for about two minutes (dash tells you when you have waited long enough).
3. Turn off engine
4. Wait two more minutes
5. Pop the rear hatch and remove right side of engine cover (lift straight up, rocking back and forth gently to pull free of rubber pins (observe stickers on bottom of engine cover to learn when that part passed QA inspection).
6. Check oil with dipstick / add oil if needed.
7. Replace engine cover.
The issue is that, under normal driving and/or idling, THE ENGINE NEVER GETS WARM ENOUGH to check the oil.
After trading calls with Sergio (NSX tech), the official procedure (contrary to owners manual) is to bring the car to temp by putting in Sport+ mode in neutral and hold the throttle at 3K RPM. Computer will drop RPM after a couple of minutes. Release throttle and mash again to bring up revs. Repeat until warm enough (indicated in the "oil check assist" dash function). Then proceed to Step #2 .
Anyway, after some serious hard driving, my oil was just a bit over the "full" markers. I was expecting it to be down by 0.5 to 1.0 liters during "break in." Car doesn't seem to burn any oil at all, even under very hard use.