to much oil?

[hondavti25]

Hey guys i know i should know this but still young... i asked a mate while i was inside to put some oil in the car before we left on a cruise as a knew i was low... he put the hole 1L in and now i am fairly sure theres to much oil on the messuring rod. How bad is it to drive around till next week till its serviced next week ? or is it jus as simple as jack it up and let some out?

[94dc2tegz]

depends on how much over you really are.
I was over and I blew my o-ring seals cuz I vtec... still haven't got that fixed but i'll do it soon cuz the damage has already been done.

my advice is if it's not too bad just drive it carefully. should b fine for a week.

[hondavti25]

hmmm i wont lie i flog my old D around a fair bit will be hard... its about 2-3 cms over the full hole on the rod. Let some out tomorrow morning ? any one?

[DUST]

If i were you i'll let some out ASAP!

[Fo55il]

mmm - d time u spent writing hea n waiting for replies u could have just taken sum out -

yes its a bit messy but rather be safe than sorry.

[94dc2tegz]

LOL WTF?! 2-3CM's!
I had 3mm over and thats wot happened to my engine... dude thats crazy.

[kn1ghtm4r3]

What happens when an engine is overfilled with oil?

So you topped up the engine when it was warm after getting a faulty dipstick reading, or you put too much oil in when you changed it yourself. What's the worst that could happen? Well the problem with this is that the next time the engine is run, the windage in the crankcase and other pressures generated by the oil pump, etc. place a great strain on the seal on the rear main bearing.
Eventually, often much sooner than the ordinary man in the street might expect, the rear main bearing seal ruptures, and the engine becomes a 'leaker'. If you've got a manual gearbox, this means one thing: this oil goes right onto the flywheel and the face of the clutch disc. A lubricated clutch is A Bad Thing. If this still goes unnoticed, the front seal is the next to go, and the engine then becomes a 'gusher' (or to be more colourful, it starts pissing oil all over the place). As well as smothering the clutch with oil from the rear, the oil now coming from the front leak will be neatly distributed about the engine bay as it hits the front pulley - often propelling it out as far as the brake discs. At the same time as this Hollywood disaster movie is unfolding outside the engine, things aren't working out any better on the inside. As you can see from the diagram, the correct oil level is really close to the rotating crank. Overfilling will mean the crank dips into the oil and churns it into a froth. Froth is good on certain types of coffee but not good in an engine. The mixture of aerated oil will be forced into the bearings and in case you didn't know, air is not a lubricant. Typically this means that bearing damage will follow quite rapidly, especially if you are driving on a motorway. You'll know bearing damage when you get it. The engine smells like a garage mechanic cooking over an open flame and the noise coming from the engine is the sort of thing you'd normally hear in vaudeville plays when a piano is pushed down a flight of stairs. As if that all wasn't bad enough, the excess oil gets thrown up into the piston bores where the piston rings have a hard time coping with the excess oil and pressure. It gets into the combustion chamber and some of it will get out into the exhaust system unburned resulting in a nice patina of oil all over the platinum surfaces of your catalytic converter. This renders it utterly useless for good.


taken from : http://www.carbibles.com/engineoil_bible.html

sums it up pretty well

oh yeah and drain that shiet lmao 2-3cm omg lmao just jack it up and drain it =)

lolol @ sydsyd lmao engines hungry =D

[Sydsyd]

i've heard worse...a guys filling his engine oil up to the top of the engine lol...so this would be nothing compared to that

[hondavti25]

Yeah i still aint even sure its over full i keep getting different readings... atm its sitting where it should ill take it to the mechanic tomorrow see what he says ive got a click to but a mate says its bad fuel or something...

[shadou]

let the engine cool down preferable cold then start it up for about 30 seconds wait like 15 secs and check your oil reading.

[94dc2tegz]

u should only take ur readings on a cold engine. Best is probably leave it over night just to b sure. If it's not u'll get funny readings (as u apparently are).

[94dc2tegz]

let the engine cool down preferable cold then start it up for about 30 seconds wait like 15 secs and check your oil reading.

I thought u only had to start up the engine a bit after doing an oil change to let the oil completely circulate the engine?

[Fo55il]

if yoru lucky u havent done any damage yet.

i knew a girl who topped her engine up .

car made funny sounds then smoke just came outta d exhaust non stop.

like full on hardcore smoke, so then jacked d car up on d freeway n let oil out, after startin it fora few secs smoke was gone n was all good.

but like a few months after engine siezed, i dunno if it had any relationship but ye,

[hondavti25]

hmm interesting well its going to get serviced tomorrow hopefully

[Fo55il]

if it makes it there lol ..

jokes

[94dc2tegz]

push it 2 b sure + it's b a great work out! :D

[hondavti25]

hahah i am a fit bloke but i dont think i could hahaha nah its running fine other then the wierd noise but i think i got it sorted (its not oil related its been wierd well before this) ill let yas allknow if i ***ed it up ahahhaha if so B series here i come

[Lukezen27]

Guys

I overfilled my oil last week and tonight hitting boost my car jerked a bit and lost power..

Seems fine now but I was not game enough to hit it hard again I'll I drain the extra oil tomorrow..

Could I have already done some damage?

Fingers crossed :(

[aaronng]

Guys

I overfilled my oil last week and tonight hitting boost my car jerked a bit and lost power..

Seems fine now but I was not game enough to hit it hard again I'll I drain the extra oil tomorrow..

Could I have already done some damage?

Fingers crossed :(

You probably had some oil get pushed back into your intake, which lowered the octane of your intake mixter and cause pinging?

[Lukezen27]

You probably had some oil get pushed back into your intake, which lowered the octane of your intake mixter and cause pinging?

didn't sound like any pinging but the music was on lol

hope nothing wrong

[Limbo]

Luke its prob got burnt in your car, if it was pinging you would have noticed

[aaronng]

Plumb an oil catch can in. Would be beneficial to your turbo'd engine.

[Lukezen27]

Plumb an oil catch can in. Would be beneficial to your turbo'd engine.

Yeah I'll be getting one when I get back from Thailand


Luke its prob got burnt in your car, if it was pinging you would have noticed

Removed the excess yesterday and took her for a hard run and all seems normal :)

[paps02]

whats pinging(sorry for my noobness)? is it something that only happens on boostd cars?

[aaronng]

whats pinging(sorry for my noobness)? is it something that only happens on boostd cars?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine_knocking

[Lukezen27]

There's a funny noise from near the timing belt or one of the other things near there alternator or A/C pump

It wines a bit when I rev her..

Any idea?

[Fo55il]

bro, u still driving with the oil high?

[Lukezen27]

bro, u still driving with the oil high?

Na its spot on how