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Oil Level
Morning all, I have another question for you. The garage that has done some work on my car have filled the oil up to the round bobble on the dipstick. My understanding is this is overfilled. I have a suction unit available to suck the excess out of the dipstick tube. So my question is, how much oil, roughly, do I need to remove?. Thanks in advance for your help.
19th Jan 2019 9:54 am
kajtzu
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The round bobble alone higher up? Yeah, it’s overfilled. The max is up to the fourth bar from the bottom. No idea on how much each bar represents in terms of volume, sorry.
You certainly shouldn't drive it if it is grossly overfilled.
In the absence of advice from others you may have to do this by trial & error, as I had to do with a friends Ford Escort, which had been helpfully "topped-up" (literally) by a 17 year old son!
Good luck.
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19th Jan 2019 10:08 am
Pete K
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The round one way past the level indicators?
First make sure it is that bad, cus its a really difficult dip to use.
Oil isn't getting on it, just with being in the tube is it? Be sure the wire inbetween is covered in oil, by using a tissue to see if oil is drawn/absorbed off the wire.
remove, 0.25l, recheck, then upto the 0.5l marker, etc
Clean the sucker bottle out first (e.g with petrol), and you can always reuse the oil if you get it wrong or need it in a few months for the same car.
let us know how much you removed, to help others in future.
19th Jan 2019 10:25 am
Vince
Member Since: 31 Aug 2014
Location: Bridgend
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Thanks all for your prompt replies. Pete I have checked several times and the wire between the two is always covered by oil, but still really appreciate the advice. I hadn't thought about keeping the oil
19th Jan 2019 10:31 am
tcr4x4
Member Since: 24 Jan 2010
Location: England
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Surprised no one has made a proper dipstick with just plain metal and high low marks. The d3 one is just stupid in every way.
19th Jan 2019 11:48 am
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At least it has one, however stupid a design it is.
19th Jan 2019 11:54 am
Vince
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Location: Bridgend
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I have removed about 1.2 litres from the dipstick tube and it is still about quarter of an inch above max level on the dipstick. I have left it at this as a little overfill shouldn't be a problem, should it?
19th Jan 2019 12:16 pm
eightfoot
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wouldn't have a max mark if that was the case please excuse any grammer/punctuation mistakes,i'm thick,thankyou
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19th Jan 2019 1:49 pm
M3DPO
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Take some more out, it’s better a little under than over the full mark, be sure the engine is cold when checked as oil expands a lot when hot.
It is very easy to overfill as the difference between being under and over is very little, probably 1/4 of a litre.
Whoever overfilled it should be sorting it. It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
19th Jan 2019 2:10 pm
Vince
Member Since: 31 Aug 2014
Location: Bridgend
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Thanks m3dpo, the engine was warm when I drained it. I shall check it again in the morning when it's cold. I can't be bothered to go back to the garage as I have been back a couple of times about various issues already. But thanks for everyone's help
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