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Offline phildaint

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Too much oil - OH ......
« on: 24 May 2012, 22:05 »
As embarrasing as this is im sure im not the first   :embarassed:

well i was in a rush to get going the other evening and was aware that my oil was very low so i threw some in stupidly not checking afterwards anyway long story short i have a lot more oil in than i was planning and have already driven 250 motorway miles and 60 A road driving (plus through towns) on it!

noticed today that it was hesitating alot whilst slowly accelerating and throwing out A hell of a lot more smoke than normal especially under a heavy right foot...  i then clicked, stopped and checked that it was way above what it should. its now not going to move from my drive til i manage to get hold of a mates trolley jack to drop some out.

think it will have done any damage?

and its on a mk4  tdi pd 130

i  have put in just over a litre and the dipstick is in the picture below... maybe im just the big dipstick   :undecided:





but blurry from trying to hold the torch, dipstick and my phone, not a good day!
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Offline Wayne

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Re: Too much oil - OH ......
« Reply #1 on: 24 May 2012, 23:23 »
You will need to drain some, I have seen it done with a syringe and a length of clear tubing.
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Re: Too much oil - OH ......
« Reply #2 on: 24 May 2012, 23:30 »
think im going to try and do it with a thin pipe down the dip stick pipe and try to suck it out without getting a mouth full :smiley:

just been googleing it and read lots of horror stories about seals etc so im now worried i have done some damage to the engine...
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Offline Wayne

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Re: Too much oil - OH ......
« Reply #3 on: 24 May 2012, 23:38 »
Quote from: phildaint on 24 May 2012, 23:30
think im going to try and do it with a thin pipe down the dip stick pipe and try to suck it out without getting a mouth full :smiley:

just been googleing it and read lots of horror stories about seals etc so im now worried i have done some damage to the engine...

You may be ok, drain it to the correct level and see how it goes
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Offline Seanl

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Re: Too much oil - OH ......
« Reply #4 on: 25 May 2012, 12:04 »
Take the oil filter off and drain that, thats about half a litre right there.
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Re: Too much oil - OH ......
« Reply #5 on: 25 May 2012, 13:42 »
Quote from: Seanl on 25 May 2012, 12:04
Take the oil filter off and drain that, thats about half a litre right there.

Way too messy, better to draw some out of the dipstick tube.
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Offline dan2252

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Re: Too much oil - OH ......
« Reply #6 on: 26 May 2012, 23:55 »
Quote from: Seanl on 25 May 2012, 12:04
Take the oil filter off and drain that, thats about half a litre right there.

its a paper type filter isnt it? so the oil will just go into the sump. why not just get a jug and drain 2 litres out and then top up what you need to save messing round with tubes down the dip stick :)
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