Really high oil level on my dipstick!

[jdbubb at ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

perhaps the orange tube wasn't fully seated when you checked the oil the previous time?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kervin Ridgley" <carsandkites@gmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: Really high oil level on my dipstick!


> 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
> >