I checked my oil, and it was about a 1/2 inch over the full mark...Is this way too much to have any harmful affects, like oil seal damage? I mean I know anything over the 2nd hole is too much, but is it worth draining it out?

I brought it back to the shop and told them, and they told me it's fine...But I've heard too much oil can blow your seals. I never really redline it, but I heard it happens if you floor it to redline with too much oil you can do damage.

Anyone have any insight?

 

i put my oil to almost the second dot..... then i check it every 2 weeks and make sure it doesnt go down to the first dot......

 

Thanks for the great advice!!

 

was the car cold? too much oil can be burped back into the intake thru the vent, or pcv valve....bad thing..this will make it smoke... too much oil will make your oil pressure go higher than its supposed to be essentially dislodging your seals. just drain and refill it w/ the 4 qts.

 

4 quarts is all that should be in there

 

ya i checked it in the morning cold...

 

It's more like 4.5 quarts, check your manual for more info.

 

i think its only like 3.8 qts but..

if its cold you wont get a proper reading.. try starting it and workin the oil thru the filter and lifters for bout 5 min, then shut it off and check.. you only have like 90-120 seconds to get the actual reading.. i know it sounds nerdy but thats what it is...

 

4.5 quarts 2.2, 4.6 quarts 3.0 Check your manual.

Of course this will be less if you don't replace the filter and / or you don't let all the oil drain...

 

i guess ive been schooled on how much oil the cars take..and i dont read the manual. its all lies.

 

hey is it alright to drive locally until tommorow afternoon when i drain some out?

also jus curious what if i stuck a turkey baster in a the fill hole and suked some out?

 

i put 5 quarts in my CL for every oil change in the past year.. no problems here

it actually runs better then when i bought it

 

no a turkey baster will not work...slap your self..

 

Turkey baster!!!!

It won't go deep enough man.

You'll be okay with 5 quarts, people overfill all the time.

You could take the filter off and drail the oil in there. The oil won't come gushing out the filter hole unless the engine is started right??

 

its kinda long, i figured maybe i could suck it out with that... lol

 

lol how you know its 5 quarts?

i got another dumb question to throw in the mix...I checked it today around 330pm it was probally 100 degrees out (seriously) and the oil looked like 1 inch over the full. Does the outside temp make that big of a difference? My car bakes out there...

 

This just sounded too funny to pass up

 

ya when i typed that... i was like this does not sound right!

 

one of those bottles are a quart

and outside temp makes a little difference.. but not much..

 

fluid expands when it gets hot.. which is why you have to check the tranny fluid when its hot.

 

1" over full sounds like alittle too much oil. id drain it totally and add 4.. youll be aiit.

 

ooh shit im on my wifes screen name again this is wilp99

 

lol why would you drain all of it? It's fresh oil, I just drained about a quartan hour ago, and its good now... now im about to go clubbing

 

have fun.. dont get stabbed.

 

aahaahah lol thats not even funny, someone got stabbed a few weeks ago lol it was actually easy to drain a quart took like 5minutes...i think my 20.00 oil change days are over, its going down every 3k miles in my garage