Oil Level

[Foxslider]

Ya my dipstick is hard to read also.
How bad is over filling yall think by a quart? Or for theoretical purposes... what if you way
over.filled it? Say 2-3-4
Quarts

 

[Olivethefet]

From my understanding a little over full in most cases isn't that big a deal. By little I mean .5 quart or less. I wouldn't be comfortable at a quart over. At some point the oil is going to be severely getting into the rotating assembly in ways that it should not. At some point you would get so much oil in it that it would severely damage the engine possibly.

This is an old thread, but I'm curious to see what more experienced people have to say about it.

There were some people at a gas station I grew up near, a very long time ago, that just kept buying oil and going out in the parking lot adding oil. They added oil till it was FULL. I mean full up to the valve cover lol. They tried to start the car. It didn't end well.

 

[General karthief]

To answer the 2-3-4 over full question: probably nothing if it was only driven a small distance, at some point, if it is high enough to be whipped up by the crank/connecting rods long enough the oil may become agitated into foam and lose oil pressure but I have never heard of that happening

 

[Foxslider]

Good points. Ya im sure i wont fill it to the valve cover. Haha. Im under the belief it would raise crankcase pressure. Not sure what side affects that would cause if any.

See, i checked it right after the oil change and was still hard to read. Ima run some rough sandpaper over and see if it creates a more defined line for the oil to stick to. Kinda like hatchmarks on cylinder walls.