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[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't like it because:

  • I want to look at the oil and smell it, not just check the level.
  • I don't know the failure modes for the sensor, so I can't trust that the absence of a complaint from it means the oil level is correct.
[โ€“] ininewcrow 11 points 2 days ago

Exactly

Right now there is no better detection system than in

  • Seeing the oil level
  • seeing the oil color
  • smelling the oil content
  • feeling the oil viscosity and any contamination