Renault TRAFIC 2024 - Engine Oil

ACCESSING THE ENGINE, LEVELS
5
324 - Maintenance
Opening the bonnet
Lift the bonnet, helping it up, and it will
rest in position with the help of struts.
Closing the bonnet
Check that nothing has been left in the
engine compartment.
To close the bonnet again, hold the
bonnet in the middle and lower it to 30
cmabovetheclosedposition,thenre
lease it. It will latch automatically under
its own weight.
Ensure that the bonnet is
properly locked.
Check that nothing is
preventing the catch
from locking (gravel, cloth, etc.).
Engine oil
General information
Before carrying out any
action in the engine
compartment, you must
switch off the ignition
🡺180.
It is normal for an engine to use oil for
lubrication and cooling of moving parts
anditisnormaltotopupthelevelbe
tween oil changes.
However,contactyourapprovedDeal
erifmorethan0.11gal(0.5litre)isbe
ing consumed every 600 miles (1,000
km) after the running in period.
Oil change frequency: check the oil
level from time to time and certainly
before any long journey to avoid the
risk of damaging your engine.
Adding engine oil
Use a funnel or protect
the filling neck area to
avoidengineoilescap
ing onto a hot part of the engine
compartment or a sensitive part
(e.g. electrical components).
Fire hazard.
Reading the oil level
Exceeding the maxi
mum engine oil level
Under no circumstances
shouldthemaximumfill
ing level B beexceeded:this
could damage the engine and the
emission control system.
If the level exceeds the "MAXI"
level, do not start your vehicle
and contact an authorised dealer.
The oil level should be read with the
vehicleonlevelground,aftertheen