Messed Up Again

[Tupperville]

Messed up again by over filling the oil pan doing an oil change.

The bottom part of the dipstick is greyish-black and I kept seeing the level at "add oil".

By the time I saw the actual level by tilting the dipstick in the sunlight, I was way over the "FULL" mark.

After starting up the engine and letting it run a bit the oil level went down to over the "FULL" mark by 1/2" - 5/8"

I will buy one of those syringe style devices if I can find one.

Taking the pan plug out and putting it back in a fraction of a second does not appeal to me.

Others have said it's not a problem.

 

[sweetskillsrk]

Might I suggest a vacuum pump and a hose down the dipstick port? A little over full is ok, but I personally wouldn't run it quite that high.

 

[Ray,IN]

Messed up again by over filling the oil pan doing an oil change.

The bottom part of the dipstick is greyish-black and I kept seeing the level at "add oil".

By the time I saw the actual level by tilting the dipstick in the sunlight, I was way over the "FULL" mark.

After starting up the engine and letting it run a bit the oil level went down to over the "FULL" mark by 1/2" - 5/8"

I will buy one of those syringe style devices if I can find one.

Taking the pan plug out and putting it back in a fraction of a second does not appeal to me.

Others have said it's not a problem.

Don't remove the plug, just loosen it a bit and catch the drippings. IMO over-filling is a problem, the oil will be sloshed around by the crankshaft and create foam that further stresses seals.

 

[Hobo,NC]

If I were a youger man I would have a vacuum set up like in this video.

HF has this toll that comes in handy

HF

 

[Tupperville]

Might I suggest a vacuum pump and a hose down the dipstick port? A little over full is ok, but I personally wouldn't run it quite that high.

Yes, waiting to find a vaccum pump.

I may have to do the split second oil plug manouver.

Might I suggest a vacuum pump and a hose down the dipstick port? A little over full is ok, but I personally wouldn't run it quite that high.

Actually I did what Ray suggested and just turned the drain plug until I thought there only a few threads left then I tilted the drain plug a bit until the drips got faster took about two minutes to drain off about 1.5 litres.

Actually took me longer to prime my new oil can with the drained oil than the actual procedure to remove the oil.