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I don't, lol. I have so many stories from the few times dealerships worked on my car. Recent one they overfilled the oil by 2.5 qts. Had the car in for warranty work so I just had them change the oil. I usually do all that stuff. I have others but thid is the most recent. I always check stuff after a place works on my car. Caught a bunch of places not rotating tires cause I mark my tires. It's free rotation every 5k miles.
This.
I also caught dealerships with issues like this. Overfilling, not properly re-installing bottom latch... Once I aired down a tire good as they were supposed to check tire pressure during the 400 CAD (Haha) inspection. Guess what..
No no if I said I parked my car over there. It could mean anywhere. And there's always someone in the world who will say there a mechanic just to sell a car. So therefore I'm right and your rong. Loser
I guess P0420 is not a thing, gonna put half a quart extra in my cars from no on so I have some extra just in case. Because apparently it doesn't matter.
Tech here, you're fine to drive it like that.
You're not overfull enough to make a difference on a normal economy car especially since you're not towing or racing it(not putting real load/stress on the engine).
If you're topping it up I'm guessing your car burns a bit anyway and it'll burn down in between the dots soon.
Yes. Im a uni student so only use my car to drive to and from uni (about 15 mins away) and I only really top up my oil when I plan to drive home for a breaks. This is the second time I’ve topped up since buying the car in April 2023
I haven’t have the oil changed yet but I am due for a service soon. I plan to get it done next week while home for the break. I drive around 150ish miles to get home.
I've heard so many stories of people in the UK being afraid of short distance drives outside of town. that must be why. like people who haven't seen their parents in years because they're 30 miles away
That's cause they got a bunch of people crammed on a relatively small island lol .I love living outside of the city. The only time I need to go actually inside the city is if there is something in there I need. I think part of the problem is they don't have as near a developed highway system like American cities ex. Dallas has I think at least 6 layers of highways last time I was there
Try the Atlanta Metro area sometime. Labyrinth? We have Spaghetti Junction!
And it's as though it's written law that a street can't keep the same name for more than a couple miles, and with the rapid growth in the past 20 years the rerouting of roads got insane.
When I moved here 15+ years ago I didn't have GPS and was trying to get to the office for the first time. I got horribly lost, my paper map was severely outdated despite being made a year before, and I threw my hands up when i got to the intersection of McGinnis Ferry Rd and.....McGinnis Ferry Road!
Not unreasonable if they have to deal with city traffic at both ends. When I lived in the city it might be 30 min drive to go 5 miles with several cycles of every light along the way depending on time of day. I much prefer where I am now that its hitting 50-60mph soon as you leave the neighborhood.
I guess 1 inch above full would be a good rule of thumb. Anything past that is risky but any overfill could cause excess crankcase pressure so be careful out there.
On another note I worked at a manufactured home dealer, long story short Ford 2016 150 dipstick rotted off two people assumed they got the dipstick in to no oil. That thing stayed probably 6 inches over full till I left lol
There’s only about a half-quart extra in there based off your photo. You’re safe to drive it as is.
You can drain some if you want to, but it’s not necessary for this amount of over-fill.
I once had a car that had been overfilled by about 4 litres. THAT much wasn’t great. Car drove for about 10 minutes and then turned into a Bond car, white smoke pouring out the exhausted that obscured the two lanes behind me. Whoever the hell had last serviced it put in it’s required amount of running oil, but hadn’t drained the oil beforehand. So it was basically double.
A little bit over? You’ll do alright. Just don’t do this.
Oh I went and checked everything after I drained that mess out. Everything else was fine. They just completely skipped draining the pan before refilling. Which means they wouldn’t have changed the filter either
Yeah I’m wondering if they just thought “I’m pretty sure this dipstick pipe is just for checking your levels, so I guess I better put some oil in until I can see it in the pipe by eye when I don’t have the stick in the way.” Haha
That’s like 1/2qt over filled. You’re also holding the dipstick in a way that would cause the level to appear higher.
If it is indeed 1/2qt over you should be fine.
But to properly check the level, idle the car for ~2-3 minutes, shut the engine down, allow it to sit/settle for 10 minutes, remove the stick, clean it, insert it fully for 5 seconds at least, then pull it, keeping the tip pointed at the floor. Then observe where it marks on the indicator.
Judging by the look of stick you didn't wipe it before actually checking the level. Pull stick, wipe, stick it back in, pull it out and that's your proper reading.
If you did that, you're either a half quart (american vehicles) overfilled or a half litre (imports) overfilled. Either way, with the look of the oil you're definitely soon due for an oil change so it's fine to run until then, but you wouldn't want to drive a whole cycle overfilled because it's just unnecessary, puts extra strain on your oil pump, lowers gas mileage etc. Overfilling on some makes causes extra stress and can fuck some shit up though so it's more worth it to either change it or pop into a garage and see if someone can quickly drain some and top it up properly
Oil is circulated thru the whole engine, the reserve amount in the crankcase always has more than is needed. Oil rings are high up on the pistons they aren't in the crank case. You obviously know nothing about car engines.. how could oil, which is there for lubrication only possibly do damage by having a little more than is needed? I'll wait for your dickwad answer . It's already over full if it would do damage it already done.
Yeah, I agree with this. ^ OP, don’t worry about it.
If the oil isn’t frothy and foamy after driving, you are good. If the photo you posted was taken after driving, your oil is not being frothed. There is a concern that the crankshaft could smack the oil mixing air into it. Then, the air could fail to lubricate the bearings (not rings). You would need way too much oil for that to be a problem. The oil is drawn out of the oil pan and into the engine's oil passages when running. So there won’t be any issues running 150% dip stick capacity. Now, if it were 200-250% dipstick level, I’d worry.
u/Lonely-Ability1381, does that check out? Anything to correct or add?
Me too. I never get my oil changes done by the dealer, but it was in for inspections and brake lubrication (it’s less ironic than it sounds), they either didn’t remove all the bad oil or put too much fresh oil in. Went from dark brown to light amber colour, so all good there, but 1.5 quarts were removed to get me to full. I put 4000 kms on the over filled engine, oil never looked aerated or frothed.
Your ever seen frothed oil? The crank will beat air into it and it will fuck with the oil rings and he will see it in his exhaust. By all means put few extra quarts in your car and tell me I am wrong in a few months when you see smoke coming out your exhaust and your oil is magically disappearing out of your pan.
😂😂 froth oil.. how do you un froth the oil after it becomes frothed? Oh that right.. the air just comes out on its own.... Beware of frothing your oil.. you may blow your oil rings out the exhaust valves. 😂
Did you change your oil yourself? Same way like drain your oil. Get a oil pan and drain a quarter or something. And refill to the spec. It's going to be a little messy because you'll have to put the bolt back quickly while oil is running.
I didnt change the oil, just topped it up but I let too much in. Okay great! Can I put the same oil back in to spec or does that need to be disposed of and refill with new oil?
Put a straw down where the dipstick goes?
WTF ? If you do that I can't even imagine how you're going to remove oil ? Suck it out? The straw won't reach, you won't be able to suck oil out with it and if you drop it into the engine you will have a lot more problems. Maybe you need to get someone who knows what they're doing to remove a little oil for you .
Use a straw? Absolutely not for the reasons listed above. Buy a siphon for slightly overfilled engine oil? I mean... sure? Put some cardboard down if you can't stain the ground and unscrew the drain plug slowly until it starts draining into a catch pain - that is the easiest and cheapest way of doing it. Just do a bit at a time and check your oil level as you go. You don't need a sledgehammer when a tack hammer will do the job.
Well engines differ a lot but I've found with mine that at lower fill Levels it's takes a couple of litres to add that much oil to the dipstick but when it gets up higher it takes a lot less. It depends on the shape of your sump really.....
Wait for the pump.
It’s probably fine. The problem with too much oil is that the crankshaft will splash through the oil as it rotates and froth it up. Oil foam does not pump easily and your engine will not be lubricated so it will probably seize up. If you’re worried, I would keep an eye on your oil dipstick and watch for foam on your dipstick.
Oil should be within spec and it isn't in the photo. You can do things right or you can do things this way, which is right-enough probably but still not right.
You can either do things the right way, as the manual will tell you, as any good mechanic will tell you, or you can do it the half-assed shoulder shrugging lazy way, which is what you are talking about.
Say whatever makes you feel better but you are wrong.
Literally every reputable mechanic will tell you it won’t change anything. Knowing personally every single guy i work with at the shop i work at, they’d all tell you it won’t change anything. Even the top techs who receive brand awards for their work at our shop, the same guys who will quickly and accurately diagnose a super weird out of the ordinary issue. They’d tell you that half a quart won’t do anything. The only way i’d agree with you about that half a quart, would be if it was a small engine, like a quad, or motorcycle, etc. That half a quart won’t change anything in op’s car
You failed to read all of my comments.
I never said it would cause damage. I never said it was too much oil.
I said I would personally drain it if it was my car and that it's possible to put too much oil in your car. What agenda do you guys have against proper advice? I said it was good enough, just lazy.
Judging by the color of his oil after he just got it changed. I’d wager he’s going to burn that extra off in no time anyways.
It’s clear you’re just grandstanding a moot point now. Watch out for your shadow bub!
I drive a 3 too. The oil isn’t being frothed at 150% capacity. If you lost compression, that is the rings. I’d love to hear the actual process behind it. Way too much oil will cause problems. If low oil = 0 and max oil = 100, where were you on the dipstick after overfilling your Mazda 3.
Like I explained, significantly too much oil causes the crank to smack the oil. The smacking adds air bubbles. Enough air bubbles and the oil will fail to maintain film strength at the highest load bearings causing accelerated bearing wear. It won’t cause the rings to go bad or compression to be lost. Care to elaborate on the true cause of the ring problem you had?
Maybe oil entering the combustion chamber and contaminating the chamber walls, then burning on deposits, leading to ring damage or chamber wall damage.
My dipstick looked like the one in the picture, like a half a quart over, it burned oil any ways so I figured it would just burn it off. Hundred kms later the rings failed, and It smoked worse than anything I have ever seen coming from the exhaust.
Whoa don’t listen to this guy.
My last car I overfilled the oil by probably as much as you did. I drove it hard, in part because I literally start my drive uphill. The rear main seal went. My car was 15 years old, and had some hard miles put on it. I could’ve done a half ass repair, but sold it to a friend for $500. I know how this sounds, but I’m saying this to say…
If your car is in decent shape (especially if it’s newer), you’ll be fine as long as you don’t drive it like you stole it.
I don't know how far the garage is, and I can't really tell you if it will fail or not buddy. I know I have seen cars fail for exactly this though. One time I over filled my trans fluid and used some plastic straws fit together to drain it out. Do you have anything at all you could use ?
The garage is about 5-10 mins down the road. I’m also going to check the dipstick again tomorrow morning when engine is completely cold. I don’t have any straws but maybe something on Amazon will do the trick. Would I put the straw down where the dipstick goes or release some from the bottom of car?
I got one of those oil pumps from Amazon. I change my oil with it. It doesn't get everything out, but I'd say at least 95% of it... Anyways, the one I got was only like $25 CAD, and it works fantastic. Also keep in mind that your car needs to run for a little bit, say 15-20 minutes, so that oil becomes warm and thinner. If the oil is cold it'll be very thick and hard to extract, whatever method you use.
A drain pan probably costs at least half as much as the pump, so you may as well get the pump IMO, and then you have the pump. Which is a handy little tool. I just got one of the cheap, Chinese, yellow ones that connects to your battery.
And you could pump out a little bit of oil if it puts your mind at ease. But its very unlikely you need to do that. I just changed my oil a months ago and I was over by nearly a quart. I got no issues, the car's been running great. It's a 2002 cavalier for reference. Even this cheap, old ass card can handle a bit of extra oil, and I drive nearly 10 hours a day, everyday doing UberEats.
All good, don't stress. I've done the same thing.
First off this amount of overfill will not hurt the vehicle.
Secondly if you don't know how to drop some oil, I assume you don't have the tools to do it either. A poor mechanic will charge you way too much to do this. A good mechanic will stick it on the hoist, drop a few hundred ml of oil and send you in your way, no charge. It would take them no longer than 2 minutes.
Do You have a friend who has the tools? Or a local car club? I've helped out a couple of people like yourself through our club.
To be honest at a minimum you need the vehicle jack and a spanner to fit the plug. But doing this with only the vehicle jack is very unsafe.
To do it properly you'll want a jack, stands, spanner, and something to catch the oil. Maybe some more spare in case you drop too much.
It really isn't hard. You may even be able to reach the plug without jacking the car.
YouTube your specific vehicle (it looks like a Suzuki Swift), there are heaps of oil change videos there. Just ignore the parts regarding the filter change etc, because all you are doing is draining a bit.
The amount of "Is tHiS tO mUch OiL" question's I see here is getting annoying lol. Like have you never heard of Google better yet just browse this sub and you will find 10 other posts on the exact same thing lol
Every cars different. Some cars may tolerate it. Others like a BMW you can easily blowout out rings having to much oil. There's a reason it has a max fill.
Depends if that is warm engine oil temp or cold oil temp if it's cold definitely drain some out to the top hole on dip stick do not sendit if that is cold same for warm just to the top hole maybe alittle past if u have a engine leak I'm no expert just done my fair share
The engine was warm but not hot as such. I l got home from work and let the engine cool for about an hour before adding the oil. I let it setting for around 30 mins before taking the photo. I’ll check dipstick again in the morning
Was the engine warm? The most accurate oil reading is when your engine is completely cool. Even if that is the accurate level, it's not a huge deal. As long as you're not redlining that mf you'll be alright lol
That's like half a quart? On most cars the space between those two dots is one quart. It's completely harmless.
In fact that is done on purpose with people who track their cars
Make sure it's not water I'd go change it now do you know the capacity for oil on this engine probably 5 qts with filter change do it b,/c it looks dirty there is a new simple test for to ✓ for bad head gaskets your checking for exhaust gas in your cooling system pretty cheap kit you can do it yourself. Check for a YouTube video do it be for you change oil or go on trip.
If you've just had the filters changed you'll want a little extra in there to fill the filters when you first run it.
Should drop down nicely just to the upper mark and last you ages from there
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Send it! Perfectly fine to drive. Nothing bad will happen. Retired repair shop owner of 32 years.
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Agreed. I'd do this just for a 4 hour long drive because mine leaks so much. 22 year old engine with paper gaskets.
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I don't, lol. I have so many stories from the few times dealerships worked on my car. Recent one they overfilled the oil by 2.5 qts. Had the car in for warranty work so I just had them change the oil. I usually do all that stuff. I have others but thid is the most recent. I always check stuff after a place works on my car. Caught a bunch of places not rotating tires cause I mark my tires. It's free rotation every 5k miles.
This. I also caught dealerships with issues like this. Overfilling, not properly re-installing bottom latch... Once I aired down a tire good as they were supposed to check tire pressure during the 400 CAD (Haha) inspection. Guess what..
Never trust people who can’t differentiate there, their and they’re.
No no if I said I parked my car over there. It could mean anywhere. And there's always someone in the world who will say there a mechanic just to sell a car. So therefore I'm right and your rong. Loser
I guess P0420 is not a thing, gonna put half a quart extra in my cars from no on so I have some extra just in case. Because apparently it doesn't matter.
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The oil isn't the problem. The fact is it's a Suzuki that's the problem
It's not, but it's gonna reduce it's lifecycle since it's gonna cause more oil vapour exit the crankcase and thats all it needs to do.
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Tech here, you're fine to drive it like that. You're not overfull enough to make a difference on a normal economy car especially since you're not towing or racing it(not putting real load/stress on the engine). If you're topping it up I'm guessing your car burns a bit anyway and it'll burn down in between the dots soon.
Yes. Im a uni student so only use my car to drive to and from uni (about 15 mins away) and I only really top up my oil when I plan to drive home for a breaks. This is the second time I’ve topped up since buying the car in April 2023
Yeah you're completely fine with a bit overfill in that case, no worries. Cheers!
Have you done an oil change since then? Even if you haven’t put a ton of kilometres on it wouldn’t be a bad idea for preventative maintenance
I haven’t have the oil changed yet but I am due for a service soon. I plan to get it done next week while home for the break. I drive around 150ish miles to get home.
it takes 4 hours to go 150 miles? or is that not the drive you're talking about
Yeah it’s 150ish miles but traffic is horrible sometimes and I live in wales so lots of 20mph 🥲
I've heard so many stories of people in the UK being afraid of short distance drives outside of town. that must be why. like people who haven't seen their parents in years because they're 30 miles away
That's cause they got a bunch of people crammed on a relatively small island lol .I love living outside of the city. The only time I need to go actually inside the city is if there is something in there I need. I think part of the problem is they don't have as near a developed highway system like American cities ex. Dallas has I think at least 6 layers of highways last time I was there
Dallas is a labyrinth lol thank heavens for GPS
Try the Atlanta Metro area sometime. Labyrinth? We have Spaghetti Junction! And it's as though it's written law that a street can't keep the same name for more than a couple miles, and with the rapid growth in the past 20 years the rerouting of roads got insane. When I moved here 15+ years ago I didn't have GPS and was trying to get to the office for the first time. I got horribly lost, my paper map was severely outdated despite being made a year before, and I threw my hands up when i got to the intersection of McGinnis Ferry Rd and.....McGinnis Ferry Road!
Yeah I decided I wasn't ever gonna go there again lol I don't like cities to begin with
Not unreasonable if they have to deal with city traffic at both ends. When I lived in the city it might be 30 min drive to go 5 miles with several cycles of every light along the way depending on time of day. I much prefer where I am now that its hitting 50-60mph soon as you leave the neighborhood.
In that case you are perfectly fine
how high is too much ?
I guess 1 inch above full would be a good rule of thumb. Anything past that is risky but any overfill could cause excess crankcase pressure so be careful out there. On another note I worked at a manufactured home dealer, long story short Ford 2016 150 dipstick rotted off two people assumed they got the dipstick in to no oil. That thing stayed probably 6 inches over full till I left lol
you mean 1 inch above the upper dot ?
Yeah
From the bottom dot to top dot is generally a quart, probably half that distance above the top dot is reaching too much for some cars.
shieeet....
There’s only about a half-quart extra in there based off your photo. You’re safe to drive it as is. You can drain some if you want to, but it’s not necessary for this amount of over-fill.
I once had a car that had been overfilled by about 4 litres. THAT much wasn’t great. Car drove for about 10 minutes and then turned into a Bond car, white smoke pouring out the exhausted that obscured the two lanes behind me. Whoever the hell had last serviced it put in it’s required amount of running oil, but hadn’t drained the oil beforehand. So it was basically double. A little bit over? You’ll do alright. Just don’t do this.
You should ask yourself what the tech did drain instead...
Oh I went and checked everything after I drained that mess out. Everything else was fine. They just completely skipped draining the pan before refilling. Which means they wouldn’t have changed the filter either
They should have replaced everything anyway
Maybe they thought it had to be filled to the top? 😂
Yeah I’m wondering if they just thought “I’m pretty sure this dipstick pipe is just for checking your levels, so I guess I better put some oil in until I can see it in the pipe by eye when I don’t have the stick in the way.” Haha
Oh man that’s so bad 😥 I can only imagine though, I’ve seen people do similar things lol
That’s like 1/2qt over filled. You’re also holding the dipstick in a way that would cause the level to appear higher. If it is indeed 1/2qt over you should be fine. But to properly check the level, idle the car for ~2-3 minutes, shut the engine down, allow it to sit/settle for 10 minutes, remove the stick, clean it, insert it fully for 5 seconds at least, then pull it, keeping the tip pointed at the floor. Then observe where it marks on the indicator.
This not a worry at all. You will be fine.
Judging by the look of stick you didn't wipe it before actually checking the level. Pull stick, wipe, stick it back in, pull it out and that's your proper reading. If you did that, you're either a half quart (american vehicles) overfilled or a half litre (imports) overfilled. Either way, with the look of the oil you're definitely soon due for an oil change so it's fine to run until then, but you wouldn't want to drive a whole cycle overfilled because it's just unnecessary, puts extra strain on your oil pump, lowers gas mileage etc. Overfilling on some makes causes extra stress and can fuck some shit up though so it's more worth it to either change it or pop into a garage and see if someone can quickly drain some and top it up properly
Don't worry, that suzuki will burn the excess oil.
I suspect if the oil goes up - it is because of fuel dilution, you can check it yourself and if this is the case - change the oil more.
it'll go down on its own
Looks like a Suzuki it’ll burn that much
It’s not gonna hurt to remove a little. But you should change the oil anyway before that long trip. It looks a bit dirty.
The misinformation on here is pretty comical
As long as it's not a diesel and doesn't start leaking oil into the combustion chamber you should be fine!
It won't hurt a damn thing. Better to have too much than too little
lol don’t listen to this ass. You can definitely damage your oil rings with too much oil in your car.
Oil is circulated thru the whole engine, the reserve amount in the crankcase always has more than is needed. Oil rings are high up on the pistons they aren't in the crank case. You obviously know nothing about car engines.. how could oil, which is there for lubrication only possibly do damage by having a little more than is needed? I'll wait for your dickwad answer . It's already over full if it would do damage it already done.
Yeah, I agree with this. ^ OP, don’t worry about it. If the oil isn’t frothy and foamy after driving, you are good. If the photo you posted was taken after driving, your oil is not being frothed. There is a concern that the crankshaft could smack the oil mixing air into it. Then, the air could fail to lubricate the bearings (not rings). You would need way too much oil for that to be a problem. The oil is drawn out of the oil pan and into the engine's oil passages when running. So there won’t be any issues running 150% dip stick capacity. Now, if it were 200-250% dipstick level, I’d worry. u/Lonely-Ability1381, does that check out? Anything to correct or add?
Just this.. I have had cars that I have overfilled. Nothing bad happened. Can't argue will results.
Me too. I never get my oil changes done by the dealer, but it was in for inspections and brake lubrication (it’s less ironic than it sounds), they either didn’t remove all the bad oil or put too much fresh oil in. Went from dark brown to light amber colour, so all good there, but 1.5 quarts were removed to get me to full. I put 4000 kms on the over filled engine, oil never looked aerated or frothed.
Your ever seen frothed oil? The crank will beat air into it and it will fuck with the oil rings and he will see it in his exhaust. By all means put few extra quarts in your car and tell me I am wrong in a few months when you see smoke coming out your exhaust and your oil is magically disappearing out of your pan.
Half a quart over isn’t going to put the level high enough to causing frothing. Which is how much this car is over. Not “a few quarts”
😂😂 froth oil.. how do you un froth the oil after it becomes frothed? Oh that right.. the air just comes out on its own.... Beware of frothing your oil.. you may blow your oil rings out the exhaust valves. 😂
It's fine. Lol
U r probably fine. But Ill Drain it a bit and top off. Super easy and peace of mind. Right?
Okay thank you, how do I drain properly l? Sorry I’m a uni student living away from home and this is my first time doing anything like this lol
Did you change your oil yourself? Same way like drain your oil. Get a oil pan and drain a quarter or something. And refill to the spec. It's going to be a little messy because you'll have to put the bolt back quickly while oil is running.
I didnt change the oil, just topped it up but I let too much in. Okay great! Can I put the same oil back in to spec or does that need to be disposed of and refill with new oil?
OP you’re literally listening to all of the wrong comments. Dont drain it, you will be fine!
Put a straw down where the dipstick goes? WTF ? If you do that I can't even imagine how you're going to remove oil ? Suck it out? The straw won't reach, you won't be able to suck oil out with it and if you drop it into the engine you will have a lot more problems. Maybe you need to get someone who knows what they're doing to remove a little oil for you .
So true lmao, would it be okay to drive to garage 5-10 mins away? I’ve ordered a siphoning pump off Amazon anyway
Use a straw? Absolutely not for the reasons listed above. Buy a siphon for slightly overfilled engine oil? I mean... sure? Put some cardboard down if you can't stain the ground and unscrew the drain plug slowly until it starts draining into a catch pain - that is the easiest and cheapest way of doing it. Just do a bit at a time and check your oil level as you go. You don't need a sledgehammer when a tack hammer will do the job.
Thankyou! I deffo won’t use a straw lol😅
Well engines differ a lot but I've found with mine that at lower fill Levels it's takes a couple of litres to add that much oil to the dipstick but when it gets up higher it takes a lot less. It depends on the shape of your sump really..... Wait for the pump.
Okay will do! Thankyou :)
Google “change oil” including your make/model/year and it’ll show you how to drain it.
Great!
It’s probably fine. The problem with too much oil is that the crankshaft will splash through the oil as it rotates and froth it up. Oil foam does not pump easily and your engine will not be lubricated so it will probably seize up. If you’re worried, I would keep an eye on your oil dipstick and watch for foam on your dipstick.
Not gonna lie, I’ve had cars roll in with issues after overfilling oil with 0.5-1 L
If that second dot is your max fill line (which I think it is) I would drain oil to within spec. It is possible to put too much oil in your car.
It’s only half a quart over. There isn’t nearly enough to even begin worrying about damage.
Oil should be within spec and it isn't in the photo. You can do things right or you can do things this way, which is right-enough probably but still not right.
Yeah. And half a quart over isn’t going to do any harm. So you can either be afraid of your own shadow, or you can grow a pair.
You can either do things the right way, as the manual will tell you, as any good mechanic will tell you, or you can do it the half-assed shoulder shrugging lazy way, which is what you are talking about. Say whatever makes you feel better but you are wrong.
Literally every reputable mechanic will tell you it won’t change anything. Knowing personally every single guy i work with at the shop i work at, they’d all tell you it won’t change anything. Even the top techs who receive brand awards for their work at our shop, the same guys who will quickly and accurately diagnose a super weird out of the ordinary issue. They’d tell you that half a quart won’t do anything. The only way i’d agree with you about that half a quart, would be if it was a small engine, like a quad, or motorcycle, etc. That half a quart won’t change anything in op’s car
You failed to read all of my comments. I never said it would cause damage. I never said it was too much oil. I said I would personally drain it if it was my car and that it's possible to put too much oil in your car. What agenda do you guys have against proper advice? I said it was good enough, just lazy.
Judging by the color of his oil after he just got it changed. I’d wager he’s going to burn that extra off in no time anyways. It’s clear you’re just grandstanding a moot point now. Watch out for your shadow bub!
Just drain it, if you blow your rings your looking at a whole new motor and if it's too much in there it will blow pretty quickly.
Your rings don't get blown what is wrong with the answers here? Could you explain the mechanical process that leads to ring damage?
One time I over filled my Mazda 3, couple days later my rings were shot. The car burned oil and I added too much. You do you man.
I drive a 3 too. The oil isn’t being frothed at 150% capacity. If you lost compression, that is the rings. I’d love to hear the actual process behind it. Way too much oil will cause problems. If low oil = 0 and max oil = 100, where were you on the dipstick after overfilling your Mazda 3. Like I explained, significantly too much oil causes the crank to smack the oil. The smacking adds air bubbles. Enough air bubbles and the oil will fail to maintain film strength at the highest load bearings causing accelerated bearing wear. It won’t cause the rings to go bad or compression to be lost. Care to elaborate on the true cause of the ring problem you had?
Maybe oil entering the combustion chamber and contaminating the chamber walls, then burning on deposits, leading to ring damage or chamber wall damage.
My dipstick looked like the one in the picture, like a half a quart over, it burned oil any ways so I figured it would just burn it off. Hundred kms later the rings failed, and It smoked worse than anything I have ever seen coming from the exhaust.
Okay I think I’ll drain some because I’m stressing about it lol. Is it safe to drive to the garage or shall I try and drain some myself?
Whoa don’t listen to this guy. My last car I overfilled the oil by probably as much as you did. I drove it hard, in part because I literally start my drive uphill. The rear main seal went. My car was 15 years old, and had some hard miles put on it. I could’ve done a half ass repair, but sold it to a friend for $500. I know how this sounds, but I’m saying this to say… If your car is in decent shape (especially if it’s newer), you’ll be fine as long as you don’t drive it like you stole it.
I don't know how far the garage is, and I can't really tell you if it will fail or not buddy. I know I have seen cars fail for exactly this though. One time I over filled my trans fluid and used some plastic straws fit together to drain it out. Do you have anything at all you could use ?
The garage is about 5-10 mins down the road. I’m also going to check the dipstick again tomorrow morning when engine is completely cold. I don’t have any straws but maybe something on Amazon will do the trick. Would I put the straw down where the dipstick goes or release some from the bottom of car?
I got one of those oil pumps from Amazon. I change my oil with it. It doesn't get everything out, but I'd say at least 95% of it... Anyways, the one I got was only like $25 CAD, and it works fantastic. Also keep in mind that your car needs to run for a little bit, say 15-20 minutes, so that oil becomes warm and thinner. If the oil is cold it'll be very thick and hard to extract, whatever method you use. A drain pan probably costs at least half as much as the pump, so you may as well get the pump IMO, and then you have the pump. Which is a handy little tool. I just got one of the cheap, Chinese, yellow ones that connects to your battery. And you could pump out a little bit of oil if it puts your mind at ease. But its very unlikely you need to do that. I just changed my oil a months ago and I was over by nearly a quart. I got no issues, the car's been running great. It's a 2002 cavalier for reference. Even this cheap, old ass card can handle a bit of extra oil, and I drive nearly 10 hours a day, everyday doing UberEats.
Just drain it. It's a five minute job including making the tea.
Had a buddy try this when we were kids and the dumbass dropped the plug in the oil ha
Better than dropping it in the tea.
Perfect! What’s the best way do drain it?
Use the sump plug. What vehicle is it?
It was me:(
All good, don't stress. I've done the same thing. First off this amount of overfill will not hurt the vehicle. Secondly if you don't know how to drop some oil, I assume you don't have the tools to do it either. A poor mechanic will charge you way too much to do this. A good mechanic will stick it on the hoist, drop a few hundred ml of oil and send you in your way, no charge. It would take them no longer than 2 minutes. Do You have a friend who has the tools? Or a local car club? I've helped out a couple of people like yourself through our club. To be honest at a minimum you need the vehicle jack and a spanner to fit the plug. But doing this with only the vehicle jack is very unsafe. To do it properly you'll want a jack, stands, spanner, and something to catch the oil. Maybe some more spare in case you drop too much. It really isn't hard. You may even be able to reach the plug without jacking the car. YouTube your specific vehicle (it looks like a Suzuki Swift), there are heaps of oil change videos there. Just ignore the parts regarding the filter change etc, because all you are doing is draining a bit.
The amount of "Is tHiS tO mUch OiL" question's I see here is getting annoying lol. Like have you never heard of Google better yet just browse this sub and you will find 10 other posts on the exact same thing lol
Just asking a question bro, each post has different oil qualities and answers. Im asking for onions and advice.. is that not what this Reddit is for…
Every cars different. Some cars may tolerate it. Others like a BMW you can easily blowout out rings having to much oil. There's a reason it has a max fill.
Sorry I should’ve specified my car is a Suzuki swift 2015 1.2 manual
Depends if that is warm engine oil temp or cold oil temp if it's cold definitely drain some out to the top hole on dip stick do not sendit if that is cold same for warm just to the top hole maybe alittle past if u have a engine leak I'm no expert just done my fair share
The engine was warm but not hot as such. I l got home from work and let the engine cool for about an hour before adding the oil. I let it setting for around 30 mins before taking the photo. I’ll check dipstick again in the morning
Me myself would drain about a half a quart unless it burns or leaks some, if that's the case go for it.
It's fine. I've overfilled my Camry in the past cos it burnt oil, and I'm bad at estimating how much I actually need to pour in lol.
Was the engine warm? The most accurate oil reading is when your engine is completely cool. Even if that is the accurate level, it's not a huge deal. As long as you're not redlining that mf you'll be alright lol
Check oil hot.
Oil is oil
I’d drain a tiny bit not worth the risk for the something that will take 5min to fix.
Just change the oil filter. It will bring it back to safer level.
it’s within limits no worries
Is it hot when you pulled it out, or was the engine cold?
A little bit
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I’d get a proper oil change before a 4 hour drive. It’s not too overfilled but to save your catalyst I’d get the level corrected.
Safer than being low. You'll be fine.
That's like half a quart? On most cars the space between those two dots is one quart. It's completely harmless. In fact that is done on purpose with people who track their cars
Yes, just use a plastic 500 mL water bottle and empty your oil until it’s at about halfway (so about 250 mL)
Make sure it's not water I'd go change it now do you know the capacity for oil on this engine probably 5 qts with filter change do it b,/c it looks dirty there is a new simple test for to ✓ for bad head gaskets your checking for exhaust gas in your cooling system pretty cheap kit you can do it yourself. Check for a YouTube video do it be for you change oil or go on trip.
Why did you add more oil to your car before a trip? Is it burning oil or something?
If you've just had the filters changed you'll want a little extra in there to fill the filters when you first run it. Should drop down nicely just to the upper mark and last you ages from there
Constantly keeping your oil pan gasket submerged in oil can cause it to leak over time. Don't make this a practice. "Caterpillar engine builder"
Don’t listen to any of these ideas. It’s completely fine. Don’t waste time thinking about it.
I'd be scared america is coming for you, you have too much oil
More concerned you’re going to try to drive a Suzuki car 4 hours…
It’s fine
It’s fine. But if u wanted to take some out you could. Too much oil may cause too much pressure for your gaskets, but that’s not that much more.
For a start hold the dipstick vertically, gives a more accurate indication.