As the title says i overfilled the car. I dont understand how that happened (story below)
I have 2 questions
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Do i need to drain it? I have driven it 20km since filling it. I was hoping to change the oil when i changed the brakes in a couple weeks.
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How did it get overfilled?
Background info: the car burns oil, in august i decided to top it up a half a quart past full and record how long it took for the oil to go below the top dot. That took about 3000km,
380km ago i filled it to the second dot. Today i checked the oil. I let the engine idle for 10minutes. When i checked the oil it was barely coating the bottom of the dip stick. A put in less then a quart. I checked it again and It filled to a bit past the second dot.
Then i drove to work. I checked the oil again. The oil was at the level you see in the picture much higher then it was at home…
Both times the car was on a slight incline.
When i checked the oil the first time the car was idiling then i immediately shut it off when i saw how low the oil was. Could that be why the car had low oil the first time?
Always check oil engine off, flat ground, wipe clean 4 times to get a true reading . Don’t overfill it, that will cause it to make it leak . Plus the extra oil will fight the crank and over oil the pistons and probably smoke a bunch utill it burns off. All that is bad, drain it and refill only the right amount.
I’d say…….byyyyyyyyyyyy…. That much “. “
Always check oil engine off, flat ground, wipe clean 4 times to get a true reading . Don’t overfill it, that will cause it to make it leak . Plus the extra oil will fight the crank and over oil the pistons and probably smoke a bunch utill it burns off. All that is bad, drain it and refill only the right amount.
Quite
I’d say…….byyyyyyyyyyyy…. That much “. “
Rule of thumb is that the distance between the minimal and maximum marker is 1 Quart of Oil. Run the motor for 10 seconds and recheck the oil level. Let me know your findings
Rule of thumb is that the distance between the minimal and maximum marker is 1 Quart of Oil. Run the motor for 10 seconds and recheck the oil level. Let me know your findings
Here’s and easy trick for future instead of having to get under and pull the drain plug to remove excess oil.
Go to Walmart and geat some of the longes clear fish tank rubber tubing you can and get the biggest syringe you can off of Amazon. Then stick the fish tank tubing down the dipstick tube. stick the other end of the fishtanl tubing onto the syringe and suck out the oil with the syringe. I’ve done it before and it works great.
Or buy an actual oil pump.
Looks about a little under a quart to me, since full to low is the measurement in distance we’re going by
Looks about a little under a quart to me, since full to low is the measurement in distance we’re going by
Here’s and easy trick for future instead of having to get under and pull the drain plug to remove excess oil.
Go to Walmart and geat some of the longes clear fish tank rubber tubing you can and get the biggest syringe you can off of Amazon. Then stick the fish tank tubing down the dipstick tube. stick the other end of the fishtanl tubing onto the syringe and suck out the oil with the syringe. I’ve done it before and it works great.
Or buy an actual oil pump.
Drain a qt
Drain a qt
Quite
It will be fine, the 2.4 usually burns enough oil anyway that this wont be an issue for long.