Thread: Beating Oil Overfill Dead Horse....Again!

QUOTE (Tool Pants @ Sep 24, 2009 - 03:03 PM) I am with John on this. People get freaked out if they thing there is a drop too much or too little. If the engine was overfilled way, way too much, then you would notice it immediately. It would get sucked into the intake and you would have a smoke cloud behind you immediately, not 100 miles later. But for you oil freaks. If you need to drain some oil you unscrew the...

The problem is Tool Pants, that for a number of people, this is their first Porsche ( I'm been doing them for close to 40 years, 08 C2 #10). When you put that much money in a car, you want everything to be correct. You hear strange noise, see something, hear something you freak. Relax, most of this is nothing and a one quart overill will not hurt the car! Just my thoughts. John

QUOTE (Loren @ Sep 25, 2009 - 06:38 PM) QUOTE (Q-Ship986 @ Sep 25, 2009 - 02:56 PM) P.S. Don't let LN/Raby find out that simply adding an extra quart is AOK...such advice negates the value of their $300 kit to add only 0.5 qt., see here. Two different approaches. Jake's kit (as does the B_K kit add a small extension to sump (lower the engine) and provide oil at...

QUOTE (peterbigblock @ Oct 28, 2009 - 04:33 PM) QUOTE (box01s @ Sep 28, 2009 - 03:20 PM) QUOTE (Tool Pants @ Sep 24, 2009 - 01:03 PM) But for you oil freaks. ...People are going to do what they want to do regardless, but there is no good reason not to follow the manufacturer's recommendations when it comes to engine and transmission oil levels. Couldn't...

QUOTE (MWS @ Sep 21, 2009 - 05:46 PM) I don't think it will cause any problems. Call the dealership that did the work and ask them if you can bring it by for them to drain a little oil out until it measures full not overfill!*#%@!!! Don't get angry with them until after they correct the problem. Once you are satisfied that everything is OK, then you can tell them how unhappy...

If you put the quantity according to the manual it ends up overfilled. Perhaps the oil cannot be 100% drained. I specifically ask them for 7 liters only during an oil and filter change, which is safe, and I top up later accordingly if required.

Take it back and get the level corrected as you don't know how over full it is. Too much oil can damaged the catalytic converters.

QUOTE (Q-Ship986 @ Sep 25, 2009 - 02:56 PM) QUOTE (Tool Pants @ Sep 24, 2009 - 04:03 PM) I am with John on this. People get freaked out if they thing there is a drop too much or too little. If the engine was overfilled way, way too much, then you would notice it immediately. It would get sucked into the intake and you would have a smoke cloud behind you immediately, not 100 miles...

Agree with Tool Pants but only for M96/97 engines and Cayenne, all others have the filter on top of the engine (like fast eddie MY09 C2 DFI)

QUOTE (Tool Pants @ Sep 24, 2009 - 01:03 PM) But for you oil freaks. Oil freaks who track their cars are well advised not to overfill the engine oil unless you want to over-pressure the crankcase causing a possible AOS (air-oil separator) failure, which is characterized by smoke ~ mosquito spraying style ~ coming from the exhaust via oil entering the fuel/air intake tubes or a possible RMS (rear main seal) failure,...