Member Since: 20 Jan 2010
Location: Tzaneen
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Sump overfill
Hi,
My TDV6 went in for a service and was returned with the sump filled to the mark above the full mark!(+30mm)Can this damage the engine and what shell I do?The dealer is 100km away :blub:Thanks,Frans
26th Mar 2011 2:12 pm
disco_steve
Member Since: 25 Aug 2009
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YES - too much oil is almost as bad as not enough
Ummm - go back to the dealer, or at least photograph the oil level on the dipstick and write to them to cover you if anything plays up later, and rectify the oil level as soon as you can !!!Never get mad - get even !!
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04 D2 TD5 - (clocked 189k from new)
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26th Mar 2011 2:28 pm
D4JWW
Member Since: 20 Oct 2009
Location: London, UK
Posts: 1318
You would think they get right the first time, reminds me should have check mine after service!A few mods... and keeping it all running...Faultmate MSV2
MY09EGR's blanked Thanks Bellautos, BAS
26th Mar 2011 9:56 pm
Trackman
Member Since: 16 Apr 2010
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 430
The dip stick on the D3 is useless.
I have never been able to get a reading from it as oil seems to find it way up the carrier tube.
Ian.
26th Mar 2011 10:35 pm
caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
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Dealer did this to mine along time ago. No lasting damage. Get them to drain some out.“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
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27th Mar 2011 12:28 am
Frans@yamorna
Member Since: 20 Jan 2010
Location: Tzaneen
Posts: 109
Trackman,I agree on the dipstick being difficult to read,but I took the reading after the car was standing overnight,so the oil in the tube should have drained out.I have taken a foto of the dipstick level and will pass it on to the dealer.
27th Mar 2011 3:15 pm
Frans@yamorna
Member Since: 20 Jan 2010
Location: Tzaneen
Posts: 109
Dealer sent a technician out to my place.He needed to remove 1L of oil through the dipstick pipe with a suction pump Level is now correct
30th Mar 2011 3:45 pm
D4JWW
Member Since: 20 Oct 2009
Location: London, UK
Posts: 1318
Good to hear it's sorted must be most expensive 1L oil supplied by a dealer, which dealership ?hope they offered you something for your trouble?A few mods... and keeping it all running...Faultmate MSV2
MY09EGR's blanked Thanks Bellautos, BAS
30th Mar 2011 4:57 pm
roverdrive
Member Since: 08 Oct 2009
Location: Wirral
Posts: 181
Noticed mine was above the mark not long after purchace, given the dire warnings about over filling, I called the LR assist, who said not to drive it we'll be right out.
They dropped some oil, and told me to book it in to a dealer to check the Fuel hearer / cooler, whatever it is wasn't leaking, as apparently fuel can find it's way in to the sump ( NOT the FBH )
Dealer checked unit, and changed oil and filters as a good will gesture, as they had overfilled in the first place.
Mike - 47° 51' N 19° 43' W
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30th Mar 2011 8:36 pm
Frans@yamorna
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Level is now correct 
