Oil Abit Over Full

If you run your engine, turn off and take a reading straight away, the oil is still in the galleries and you'll read a low level on your dipstick.

i heard if ur dipstick isnt in properly or if u have no dipstick and u drive around the oil will bubble out of the dip stick tube thingy

any truth to it?

I haven't tested it.... but with the K series, the dipstick goes down one of the galleries. Opposite to the old F22 engine where the dipstick tube goes down directly to the sump. Since it goes down the gallery and oil is meant to circulate to the top through the galleries, I guess it would come out of the dipstick hole.

Is half a cm over (maybe about 500mL?) okay for an Euro with a capacity of 4.2L? That's what it looks like on my dipstick.

Except I don't have a proper jack and tools so I can't really drain it. And Honda probably will charge me way too much just for an oil drain (it's a bit embarassing a day after a service)

you should always check the engine oil after you just turned the engine off.

the longer you wait the more oil leaks down from the upper engine and gives you the incorect reading.

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Originally Posted by ECU-MAN

you should always check the engine oil after you just turned the engine off.

the longer you wait the more oil leaks down from the upper engine and gives you the incorect reading.

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Arent you meant to check the level after a while?

nope ..

Hmm, what I've learnt is that if you check the engine oil level when the oil is still in the galleries, you will see a lower level and top up your oil. Once it is topped up, the oil in the galleries continue to return to the sump and there is a possibility that you have exceeded the max level. And if it exceeds too much and the crank hits the oil, then it starts to foam and doesn't provide protection...

Well, at least that's what I learned.

if you have to wait a while to check the engine oil, Honda would be pretty specific about how long that while is. ( like AT oil - within 10 sec of key off )

honda performance engines have a splash guard under the crank to prevent what you have mentioned above.

I stand by checking it as soon as you turned the engine off.

worked for me for over 10 years :)

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Originally Posted by ECU-MAN

if you have to wait a while to check the engine oil, Honda would be pretty specific about how long that while is. ( like AT oil - within 10 sec of key off )

honda performance engines have a splash guard under the crank to prevent what you have mentioned above.

I stand by checking it as soon as you turned the engine off.

worked for me for over 10 years :)

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Ah, okok. But will the splash guard protect against overfilling?

Reason why I"m asking is because the dealer keeps filling it about 5-10mm above the maximum hole. This has happened consistently, so maybe I am using a different method to checking oil level...

Checked my oil level within 5 minutes (after taking some pretty nice pics of my Euro) of returning home from work and it was a good cm lower than what it was when I checked it yesterday! Now I know I couldn't have burnt that much oil in a day :P

unless your leaking oil somewhere