How much is too much oil in oil pan
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How much is too much oil in oil pan
Hi guys,
My car had its first oil change last week. 2017 R coupe.
The cars booklet states the car takes 6.5 litres of oil which equates to 6.8 quarts. The tech drained the oil replaced the oil filter then poured 6.8 quarts of oil inside the engine. I got back home and checked the oil level. The display says, OVERFILL.
I checked it three separate times and it's the same.
So what went wrong .
How much extra oil triggers the OVERFILL message. Last, how much needs to be removed to resolve this issue. Maybe half a quart?
Thanks guys.
My car had its first oil change last week. 2017 R coupe.
The cars booklet states the car takes 6.5 litres of oil which equates to 6.8 quarts. The tech drained the oil replaced the oil filter then poured 6.8 quarts of oil inside the engine. I got back home and checked the oil level. The display says, OVERFILL.
I checked it three separate times and it's the same.
So what went wrong .
How much extra oil triggers the OVERFILL message. Last, how much needs to be removed to resolve this issue. Maybe half a quart?
Thanks guys.
Last edited by Ubad2; 07-25-2017 at 02:39 PM. Reason: Add info
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Well .....
The oil change was done last Saturday afternoon. When i left the dealer, i drove the car like i stole it, very hard. And there was no issue. I parked the car in the garage for the remainder of the day. Then i took it out at night, once again drove the car hard and there was no issue. For some reason, on Sunday i thought to check the oil level just to see that the level was okay. When i checked, it said, OBERFILL. I started to he car, warmed up the engine fully. Shut off the motor, Then checked again approx 15 minutes after shutting the engine, and still says OVERFILL.
He put the proper amount of oil but still reads too much oil in the motor.
I don't understand ....
He put the proper amount of oil but still reads too much oil in the motor.
I don't understand ....
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Agree with Nati.. either not properly removed or too much put in.
I believe the sensor that says overfill is quite sensitive so if you have a quarter or half quart too much and its triggered, its my understanding that it won't really hurt the engine.
My own approach would be to have the dealer remedy the situation and I would witness them taking out the excess to make sure it does not look dirty which would indicate they did not remove all the old oil in the first place. Or, could be a faulty sensor etc. etc...
The oil should be at full with a warm/hot engine and the dealer should check this before you pick it up after the change.. if its still warm I suppose you could check it yourself before driving it home.
Lawrence
I believe the sensor that says overfill is quite sensitive so if you have a quarter or half quart too much and its triggered, its my understanding that it won't really hurt the engine.
My own approach would be to have the dealer remedy the situation and I would witness them taking out the excess to make sure it does not look dirty which would indicate they did not remove all the old oil in the first place. Or, could be a faulty sensor etc. etc...
The oil should be at full with a warm/hot engine and the dealer should check this before you pick it up after the change.. if its still warm I suppose you could check it yourself before driving it home.
Lawrence
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In your situation, they seemed to have caused an overfill situation and as you do not have a dip stick on these engines so you can visually assess the oil cleanliness or level, you should really consider having them remedy the situation from scratch. So, remove some oil and check the condition of it and go from there.
And to add, if I did not have a relationship with the mechanic to rely on, I would be certain to spend some time face to face with the service manager on this.
Lawrence
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with a vacuum pump connected to the tube inside the oil filler hole.
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Funny you should say that, I checked my oil level a few hours ago, it said "OK", and yes the little yellow/orange triangle with an exclamation mark in it was lit up.
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