too much oil

Paul147

Paul147

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As far as i know it will buddy. If you have put loads of oil in then you should drain some out as its not good at all buddy
 
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gtdave09

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i bought the car of a mate for 500 quid the std manifold was cracked but he had part such as stainless manifold de-cat apex springs etc so i think it was a bargain but he was abit of an idiot, therefor too much oil haha :)
 
kilo

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id to much oil in mine and filled the town centre wif smoke...in a word... yes. drain a bit out.
 
finx

finx

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by over filling the sump you are effectively taking up some of the space that is normally there for the crank case gases. by doing this you are increasing the pressure of the crank case which will force oil out your breathers, through your pcv valve and into the inlet. then onto the compression side of the cylinder which will burn it and put it out the exhaust causing excessive smoke.

can also cause over lubrication of the cylinders wich means the oil rings cant get all the oil out of the cylinder bores so some is left behind thus when combustion happends it burns the oil as well and sends it through the exhaust also causing excessive smoke.

so in short, drain some out. a 4efte and 5e only take 3.75L or engine oil.
might be a good excuse to do an oil and filter change as your already going to be under the car.



cheers
ryan
 
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Shib786

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finx said:
by over filling the sump you are effectively taking up some of the space that is normally there for the crank case gases. by doing this you are increasing the pressure of the crank case which will force oil out your breathers, through your pcv valve and into the inlet. then onto the compression side of the cylinder which will burn it and put it out the exhaust causing excessive smoke.

can also cause over lubrication of the cylinders wich means the oil rings cant get all the oil out of the cylinder bores so some is left behind thus when combustion happends it burns the oil as well and sends it through the exhaust also causing excessive smoke.

so in short, drain some out. a 4efte and 5e only take 3.75L or engine oil.
might be a good excuse to do an oil and filter change as your already going to be under the car.



cheers
ryan
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Damn....Einstein is here :eek:....thanks for that :rockon:
 
munday

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Overfilling with oil can also cae oil aeration and slow your car down....the crank can be dipping into the oil level in the sump
 
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Sazzy

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might want to check your sparks just to make sure that no crap clogged them up from this, nothing a wire brush shouldn't be able to clean up either :)
 
finx

finx

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MarcoFTE said:
Einstein did make a mistake I'm afraid. 4E and 5E don't take 3.75L of engine oil, that's too much:)
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shit your right, 3.5l sorry
.25L wouldnt be enough to cause issues however.


will pay to check plugs after you have drained some of the oil out or done an oil change. wire bush will work but if you are running iridium or equivalent plugs dont do it this way as you will wreck the electrode tips.
 
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