Checking And Topping Up Fluids; Engine Oil - Vauxhall ASTRA Owner's Manual

298 Service, maintenance
Never carry out any repairs or adjustment
and maintenance work on the vehicle
yourself. This especially applies to the
engine, chassis and safety parts. You may
unwittingly infringe the provisions of the
law and, by not performing the work
properly, endanger yourself and other
road users.

Checking and topping up fluids

The caps that are used when topping up
engine oil, coolant and wash fluid as well
as the oil dipstick may be coloured yellow
to aid identification.

Engine oil

Information on engine oils is found in the
Service Booklet.
Engine oil level and consumption
Every engine consumes engine oil for
technical reasons. The engine oil
consumption cannot be assessed until a
fairly long distance has been driven, and
may be above the specified value when the
vehicle is first being driven (run-in period).
Frequent driving at high revs increases
engine oil consumption.
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Warning
Do not allow the engine oil level to drop
below the minimum level!
In vehicles with engine oil level monitoring 3
the engine oil level is monitored
1)
automatically , see page 116. It is
advisable to check the engine oil level
before setting off on long journeys.
1)
Not on Z 14 XEP or Z 20 LEH engine.
Sales designation – see pages 310, 311.