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too much oil in engine? 3mm over max!


Supra-Iceman

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the thing is, you get too much smoke out of your exhaust once you have too much oil in the engine, and as said I dont think its gonna harm the car but better not ;) I had the same case ith my Nissan last weekends

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I doubt it'll do any harm. I'd be surprised if the level is that critical.

How long has the engine been standing?

 

Edit: How far over max were you Rick?

 

Not much 3-4mm but i guess the seal may have been a coincidence, but i take no chances now, engines respond differently to being overfilled, some are ok some smoke a bit and some blow the oil seals.

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Wouldn't panic TOO much, try and take some out just to be sure...

 

To put your mind at ease, my brother in law did a lot worse....

 

Lets just say when his dad told him to top up the oil on his chavette, he did... ALL the way up to rocker box cap... The car smoked apparently for around 3 miles before finally going pop.

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Today I took out 1 Liter oil !!! And now i have the oil in the middle of the oilstick! The car now feels faster , could that be possible ?

 

Thanks :)

 

 

Yes of course its about 1kg lighter :p

 

err no its pyschological

 

Rich

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