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

298 Service, Maintenance
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Never carry out any repairs or adjustm ent
and m aintenance work on the vehic le
yourself. This especia lly applies to the
engine, chassis and safety parts. You may
unwittingly infringe the provisions of the
law a nd , by not performing the work
properly , end ang er y ourself and other
road users.
Checking and to pping up fluids
To aid id entific ation, the caps used when
topping up engine oil, coolant and w ash
fluid as well as the oil dipstick are coloured
yellow.
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Engine oil

Information on eng ine oils is found in the
Serv ic e Booklet.
Engine oil l ev el and consumpt ion
Every engine consum es engine oil for
technical rea sons. The engine oil
consumption cannot be assessed until a
fa irly long dista nce has been driven, and
may be above the spec ified v alue when the
vehicle is first being driven (run-in period).
Frequent driving at high revs increases
engine oil c onsumption.
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Warning
Do not allow the engine oil level to drop
below the m inimum level!
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The engine oil level 3 is chec ked
1 )
automatically , see p age 116. Before
embarking on a long journey it is ad visab le
to check the engine oil level.
1)
No t on Z 14 XEP or Z 20 LEH engine. Sales
desig nation – see pa ges 310, 311.