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Oil overfilled by a full quart -- Trouble?
Gents-
Car is an '82 245 Diesel. Normally-aspirated D24 engine, 109k miles. I screwed up and overfilled the oil by 1 full quart. The car is in the driveway blocking my other car and I need to get to work tomorrow. I don't currently own an oil-sucking rig, but can get one tomorrow but will miss a day's work. My options: 1) Drive it for 45 sec; just long enough to pull it out of the driveway. 2) Admit defeat, miss a day's work and get an oil-sucking rig tomorrow and remove the excess oil before starting the engine 3) If it isn't a major problem, drive my usual 10 miles to work and back and get the excess oil out on Saturday when buddy that owns an oil-sucking rig can give me a hand. Never thought I'd be this stupid! Thanks in advance for your help. -Tom in Ventura Update: This post suggests a 1-qt overfill is not a big deal... http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/archiv.../t-188555.html Last edited by Hendo; 06-08-2016 at 08:48 PM. |
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Don't sweat it. Some of us keep it overfilled by 1 qt. to help build oil pressure sooner on startup, for those cars with worn/scuffed oil pressure relief valves that allow oil drainback especially when parked facing uphill.
No bad side effects (i.e. oil foaming).
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Thanks Ngoma. I sure feel like a dunce but appreciate your help.
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