Really high oil level on my dipstick!

[carsandkites at gmail.com (Kervin Ridgley)]

Perfectly level? No, but it is in the same spot both times.  To add to
the clues, the orange cap thing isn't attached firmly to the dipstick
this morning.  That had never happened before either.  No parts apear
to be cracked or broke, but I can now pull the dip stick out and the
orange thing can stay on the tube that goes into the block.  No insult
taken, I feel pretty dumb at this moment.




On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 06:50:19 -0800, Denny Maula <dmaula@gordonrees.com> wrote:
> Could gravity be returnig the oil from the cooler and the lines back
> into the pan while the car sits? I'm guessing its plausible if the
> cooler's positioing were to allow it.
> 
> I'd wait to get a second reading.  Not to insult your technical
> knowledge, but was the car sitting and on a level plain when you checked
> oil on both occasions?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kervin Ridgley [mailto:carsandkites@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 6:45 AM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Really high oil level on my dipstick!
> 
> I checked my oil level this morning and it looks to be about a quart and
> a half too high!  On friday, I added 3/4 of a quart to get the level to
> the top of the full line.  I didn't check it again until this morning.
> It is a little cool this morning, 27*, and I have not started the car
> since driving last night.  I do have an external oil cooler with a
> thermostat.  Could it have gotten stuck and the oil just flowed out of
> the cooler into the pan?  I'm more than a little worried.  If it is
> really to much oil, by running the engine, which seals are most likely
> to fail?  I do have a little seepage around the front mail seal, but
> it's been that way for the last 30K miles.  Any thought before high noon
> would be great cause that's when I need to go to work.
> 
> Kervin
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