There is NO dipstick on the engine. The vacuuming tube is under the cover on driver side. My car is 320cdi so maybe somebody with the exact engine will be more precise.
2006 model and you never check the oil before?
Welcome to the forum and don't mind some teasing.
Some of us are here for the fun.

 

Don't worry. The car is in good hands.
Nothing wrong in having some gentle humor. Helps us stay online longer.
I bought this 6 months back. So kind of new to this model.
Car without a dipstick. How do we check if the oil level is low.

 

How do we check if the oil level is low.

The cluster will tell you so.
You can check if the oil is at correct level playing with steering wheel buttons.
The procedure is in manual.
Have fun. This car is amazing. It even "speaks" in several languages.

 

I have an 06 E350 and have a dipstick right in front? I'm glad I have it too, since I'm on my second oil sensor already and this one is now bad. It keeps giving me the "add 1qt warning" even though I'm totally full according to my dipstick.

 

Ouch, my worst fears in your message. I too have the dipstick, which gives me inconsistent readings. First thing in the morning, I gently pull out the stick, it reads low. Put it back in, pull it out, it reads two quarts different. WTF? Was gravity repealed? I KNOW what the manual says, but it's not my first rodeo. So, the tiebreaker is when the message appears, which it did. "I screwed up....I trusted it". Right now, I don't know where I stand - quart high or quart low? And it beats me how MB could create a dipstick that can sit in the pan, be removed and reinserted and yield a vastly different reading. Anybody got suggestions?

 

Ouch, my worst fears in your message. I too have the dipstick, which gives me inconsistent readings. First thing in the morning, I gently pull out the stick, it reads low. Put it back in, pull it out, it reads two quarts different. WTF? Was gravity repealed?

It is gravity vs pressure or vacuum. Since dipstick has seal on the top, the tube keeps the pressure that will change the oil level. Strange that it shows low on cold engine. My Honda mower has similar issue, but on cold engine cooled air in dipstick/fill tube sucks the oil way high.
Mercedes has installed low oil warning sensors on all higher models starting in early 1990's.

 

ive heard that on many different models

usually the proper way to check oil is remove dipstick

clean with paper towel or clean rag

then put back in, dont ask me why it gets a higher reading it happens on many different engines i have

and to make sure you have the right amount of oil in there when your changing it yourself put in exactly what the manual calls for and be done with it

if you still get a messege for 2 quarts low a few months later your sensor is shot or your burning oil

 

That's pretty much what the manual says but I applied common sense (dumb idea) and assumed a clean extract in the morning would be very accurate. For the life of me I can't understand why the difference. I only did it this way because I assumed that the oil wasn't settling very well. Also, I got the warning message fairly consistently in line with when the oil appeared low, by this method. Not sure what to do now.

 

Hello All,
Please clarify, some W211 MBZ E Class models have an engine oil dipstick and some W211 MBZ E Class do not?
Mine does not have a dip stick, you check engine oil level from the steering wheel.
Thanks for your replies, MBZ E 320 2003
John

 

I can darned sure confirm my 06 E350 has a dipstick and that it will not message the quantity remaining (as far as I can tell after a thorough search). The only message I can determine it has about oil quantity is the warning to check it at next stop. If someone can provide the exact keystrokes on a non-dipstick model, I will give it a go and confirm, one way or another, that the dipstick model has had that capability removed.

 

Here is manual if you want to find how to read the oil level on the cluster
http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/data/...es/data/pdf/ownersmanual/2005_e320_e320cdi_e500_e55amg_e3205004matic_sedans.pdf

 

Physics of this are beyond me, on how it could read the opposite of what you would think. Liquids aren't compressible so a sealed tube shouldn't matter. If I am running high, what are my real risks ya think? I'll try the manual you sent, see if I can get to a reading from the sensor. I am NOT happy about draining a quart of that primo oil!

 

Maybe you're thinking of this in the wrong way. Your physics are probably correct but the physics behind a tube sticking into a crankcase (oil) and having a dipstick at the top of the tube that completely shuts off the top of the tube will produce a vacuum. This is why you remove the dipstick, clean it, and reinsert it.

 

the russians also had a couple hundred million extra people to mass produce these tanks, germans didnt have that luxury

 

What?

Your population figures are WAY off. There were 80 million Germans before WWII. The total Soviet population pre WWII was 170 million (and many of those absolutely did not want to be part of the USSR) and the Soviet Union was FAR less industrialized than Germany.

The Germans chose to make things more complex than they needed to be or should be because it is a bad German habit. In point of fact it was the Soviets who did not have the luxury of building over-complex tanks (and planes and you name it) and they did not. They knew that they were fighting for their lives and the life expectancy of a tank in combat was not very long, so who cared if the thing would need a new engine in just 5,000 miles. They ended up with a design (T34) with adequate reliability, simplicity of operation, ease of maintenance, low cost to produce and, almost as a side light, superior performance. The Germans had (other than in comparison with the T34 and, very late, the US Pershing) technically very good designs that were built in small numbers at great expense, too big, and with poor reliability and repairability (important if you don't have a lot of replacements). Dumb choices.

Your argument does apply to the Israelis who build very expensive and very strong tanks because they don't have anywhere near the population of their unfriendly neighbors. They can't afford to lose tanks, but they really can't afford to lose crews.

- nopcbs

 

Primitive to some extend makes for more reliable.
But isn't making electronic oil level check having final effect to be more primitive for the user? No more worry about opening the hood every morning, had a lock jammed only to wipe the dipstick with contaminated rag and insert it without proper seal.
Now you can drive the car worry free. The computer will tell you when you need to add oil.

 

..............Now you can drive the car worry free. The computer will tell you when you need to add oil.

Worry free and E500 don't fit in the same sentence for me:

failures

lighter
ac hot water valve
door locks
ignition
transmission leaks
ball joints
airmatic rear springs
airmatic compressor
SBC failure
arm rest delamination
ash tray cover split
ac blower motor

I forgot the rest so I have a hard time believing MB as worry free and "electronic oil measurement" as reliable based on the trail of parts following our E500. Fortunately the dealer has done a great job of problem solving, but then I guess he gets LOTS of practice on other MB's.

 

Per the manual for my 2006 E350, the dip stick is located at the top left quadrant of the engine when facing the engine bay from the front of the car.

Also per the manual, the E500 and E320 CDI does NOT have a dip stick.

 

Page 323 of your 2006 owners manual clearly states that you have an oil dipstick and how to check the level and top it of if needed.
If you don't have the manual, go to mbusadotcom and sign up for free to obtain the on line version.
T.