To much oil

[ShauniiBoii]

High there im new to the golf crowd so my question is would a high level of oil cause smoke to come out exhaust? iv noticed (not everytime i start) but say i leave it a couple days go to start ALOT of smoke comes from exhaust pretty much hides the car, i thought maybe engine / head gasket was wrecked, checked under oil cap and its clean as hell under there, checked oil level and it comes up to the 1st yellow bit thats on dip stick which is far to much!

so is engine a write off or is smoke due to amount of oil in it?

Thanks for any help guys

[barrym381]

get the oil out of there really quick an dont drive it until you do an have put freash oil in to the right level,you might be lucky not to have done any damage 

[ShauniiBoii]

ok mate will do, car aint going anywhere wont move out of the drive way lol. so could it be the cause of smoke then? as i was thinking id have to buy a new engine etc and really wasn't looking forward to that after getting the car just last week

[barrym381]

ok mate will do, car aint going anywhere wont move out of the drive way lol. so could it be the cause of smoke then? as i was thinking id have to buy a new engine etc and really wasn't looking forward to that after getting the car just last week

you might be lucky not to have damaged anythin,can only try 

[ShauniiBoii]

ok mate will do, car aint going anywhere wont move out of the drive way lol. so could it be the cause of smoke then? as i was thinking id have to buy a new engine etc and really wasn't looking forward to that after getting the car just last week

you might be lucky not to have damaged anythin,can only try 

ok cool was only driven a couple days very short distance when i got it so fingers crossed cheers mate

[Dalo Harkin]

over filling with oil will just damage the cat, the excess oil will sit there and that's why you get a huge cloud when starting

as said, remove what you can or drain it and add new to the level

[rockmonkey69]

That much of an excess can destroy the engine, better get the oil level addressed.

[Wayne]

Yous hould be able to drain some out via the dipstick tube.

Clear plastic tubing and a syringe will do the trick.

[barrym381]

Yous hould be able to drain some out via the dipstick tube.

Clear plastic tubing and a syringe will do the trick.

Is it really worth doing this when the oil prob needs changed anyway 

[DubAndDubber]

If the smoke is blue then it's goodbye turbo seals...