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too much oil!?
actually if you have 1/2 quart over of oil, most likely you will chance
breaking a seal before blowing a piston rod. now if you have more than a
liter/quart in there... drain it.
ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net
=>-----Original Message-----
=>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
=>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Adam J Garside
=>Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 7:18 AM
=>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
=>Subject: RE: too much oil!?
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=>I've had problems with overfilling the engine oil before.
=>
=>In my 1.2 Vauxhall Nova I did a hurried oil change. I followed the fill
=>instructions for the 1.6 version without realising. I then rushed out onto
=>the motorway, after about 10 miles the engine was making funny
=>noises (deep
=>clunking noises from the bottom end) I knew i had to get home as
=>no-one was
=>available to tow me and I couldn't afford recovery, I got to within 1 mile
=>of my house on a downhill stretch and BOOM, knocking noise stops
=>but i seem
=>to have lost 1/4 of the power. I manage the last mile home no probs, pop
=>the bonnet and find a tennis ball size hole in the back of the block and
=>oil p*ssing all over the driveway. Later in the day I follow the oil trail
=>back up the road and find (where it starts) is a bit of metal that was
=>supposed to be attaching the con rod to the crank.
=>Whoops!!
=>
=>My Dad reckons the extra oil in the engine caused the oil pressure to rise
=>and (at motorway speeds) the crank to meet resistance, causing the con rod
=>to separate from the crank and Bang.
=>Strange thing is it still runs, I've moved it off the drive since and then
=>moved it into a storage yard under it's own power.
=>I don't know if this same thing could happen with a Scirocco as
=>the engines
=>are probably quite different in design.
=>
=>Adam,
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=> "Rick Kellner"
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=> 09/04/2003 11:46
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=>My owner's manual shows 4.7 quarts with the filter change. I always use
=>5 quarts and assumed that the small amount that does not drain out of
=>each quart will make up the 0.3 qt. I don't' let them sit there and
=>drain for an extended time, just fill one after the other. Next oil
=>change I will save all the containers and check the remainder.
=>That's what I have been doing for the past 200k.
=>Rick Kellner.
=>
=>-----Original Message-----
=>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
=>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Michael Abatzis
=>Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 12:17 AM
=>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
=>Subject: Re: too much oil!?
=>
=>what kind of engine? all my roccs hold only 4 qts. adding much more
=>than
=>that could hurt some seals and stuff, though i don't know that i've
=>heard of
=>that ACTUALLY doing damage. you may get additional blowby into
=>combustion
=>chamber (=smoking) or into your intake/soaking air filter etc. i'd
=>remove
=>the extra, not a big deal to do. get a siphon or a turkey baster thing
=>and
=>remove from the oil fill hole, or through the dipstick hole.
=>
=>
=>-Michael Abatzis
=>Hotlanta! GA-->Soon to be New Orleans!
=>1988 Scirocco 2L 16v RIP-->parting, finally taking orders:
=>www.learnlink.emory.edu/~mabatzi/mikes_page1.html
=>1987 Scirocco 2L 16v...
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=>>From: Robbie Cotner <robw_z@yahoo.com>
=>>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
=>>Subject: too much oil!?
=>>Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 18:21:03 -0700 (PDT)
=>>
=>>
=>>Just finished replacing my oil pump. I put in about 5.1 quarts of
=>Mobil 1
=>>15w-50(the extra .1 is from filling the oil filter with a different
=>>bottle). Now I read the Bentley and it says to put in 4.7, I'm nearly
=>half
=>>a quart over. Will this hurt anything? My engine will leak it off in
=>a
=>>few weeks, but should I remove the extra now? If so how do you remove
=>just
=>>half a quart without spilling? Thanks-
=>>
=>>Rob
=>>
=>>
=>>
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