too much oil!?

[calimus@techography.net (Calimus)]

Buddy of mine also had a lynx and had the same problem.  Since I was
with him when the car became a flaming kitty and was able to put the
fire out quickly, I was able to see what happened.  He too had over
filled the oil and what happened was that extra oil was getting blown
through the crack case vent hose into the intake.  From there the oil
drained down to the intake opening and was actually dripping onto the
exhaust manifold.  Well, I think you can get the idea what happend then.

Needless to say, it was actually kind of interesting and the lynx
managed to live on for a few more weeks before he killed it completly.

William

Elijah R wrote:
> 
> I never had any over fill problems before, however over the years mechanics
> have said to much oil can cause foaming in the crankcase and increased oil
> pressure. My buddy had a mercury lynx he to much oil in and it caught fire
> bout three days later, don't know if there is a connection though, he seem
> to think there was. I think I would just pop open the drain plug for a sec
> and drin out the excess.
> 
> Elijah
> 86 16v
>