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rodneydavies

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• Oct 10, 2013

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I put too much oil at my last service approx 2L too much and have run for over 1000 miles before realising. Would this have done any damage do i need to take any further steps (apart from draining a bit off ?)

Thanks in advance.

 

listerdiesel

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• Oct 10, 2013

• #2

Drain it off, all will be fine if you haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary.

I have a son who used to regularly overfill our Astra van, it burnt it off fairly quickly, so he would top it up again.....

Stopped him eventually when I pointed out that the engine consumption shot up at the increased level he was trying to maintain.

Peter

 

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rodneydavies

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• Oct 10, 2013

• #3

The only thing i noticed was a slight mis fire which has gone since i drained some off.
I did think about leaving it as it does leak a little but saw the message on the drip stick not to over fill as it could cause damage

 

listerdiesel

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• Oct 10, 2013

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If it gets seriously overfull, the oil will find its way into all sorts of places it shouldn't, and that could be expensive.

Peter

 

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rodneydavies

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• Oct 11, 2013

• #5

where can it go ?

 

listerdiesel

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• Oct 11, 2013

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rodneydavies said:

where can it go ?

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Into the inlet ports via the crankcase breather, if a big enough dollop got through, you'd hydraulically lock a piston. Remote possibility but still possible.

If it got into the exhaust in big enough quantities it could affect the lambda sensors and so on.

Peter

 

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rodneydavies

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• Oct 18, 2013

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Thats could explain my intermittment mis fire when cold which has gone away since i drained the oil to the right level