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#369442 - 22/11/11 12:16 PM Too much oil
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Just topped it up and put too much in. It's above the max level now
what should I do?
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#369443 - 22/11/11 12:20 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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How much over? If a little should be ok.
Could drain it. If you don't have the proper draining tool get a tube (hose pipe) and cut it to a shorter lenght. Put it in the oil top up hole. Then put your finger over the end and take it out. Take finger off the end to let the oil out of the tube. Make sure you empty into a container.
Obviously use a bit of tube that is dry and has no liquid in it.
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#369444 - 22/11/11 12:33 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Micky]
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that's a good idea. Not sure if I have any tubing though

Yeah it's a fair amount over the max mark- I was using the dipstick to get some out then wiping it on a rag but it was taking ages and hardly removing any
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#369445 - 22/11/11 01:09 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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I over filled mine accidentally. Not had any problems.
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#369446 - 22/11/11 01:11 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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my dad overfilled his vauxhaull once and there were big plumes of black smoke coming out the back

hopefully this wont happen, going to go and try and take some more out then give it a drive and see what happens
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#369447 - 22/11/11 01:13 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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You should be fine fella, I've been driving it about two months with extra oil :P
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#369448 - 22/11/11 01:22 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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my dad overfilled his vauxhaull once and there were big plumes of black smoke coming out the back



Not a diesel?

I'm not an expert and hopefully some one will be along shortly, but if you overfill the engine oil won't it cause a higher pressure in the engine and potentially damage components? Guess it all depends by how much it's over filled by.

Another option if you don't have a tube unscrew the drain plug to let some oil out. May be interesting putting it back in though with oil coming out
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#369449 - 22/11/11 01:39 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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I was using the dipstick to get some out then wiping it on a rag but it was taking ages and hardly removing any




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#369450 - 22/11/11 02:47 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: ET07]
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After replacing the oil on my bike few months ago, i forgot to put the dipstick back in and started up the engine... now that was a mess
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#369451 - 22/11/11 02:49 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Duff]
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just bare in mind i just took off an inlet off a duratec lump and the thing was covered in oil on the inside and i was like errmmmm this can't be good turns out the owner or who ever changed the oil put too much in and over flooded the inlet.

thick with grease!

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#369452 - 22/11/11 02:53 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STASON]
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There was oil on my cossie inlet when i opened it up, was told it's normal to have a bit of oil coming in, so i can imagine it wil be the same with the standard inlet?
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#369453 - 22/11/11 02:59 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Duff]
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yeah a little bit it's from the crankcase apparently something to do with ventilation.

a little is normal but like thick glupey stuff no normal for a low milage car that's likely to have been overfilled with oil.

this inlet i had was caked in it at the bottom you could see the difference of this stuff and the carbon deposits.

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#369454 - 22/11/11 03:06 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STASON]
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how hard is it to remove the inlet? might do that in a few weeks and clean it if there is any

ok cheers for the help guys, will drive it and see what it's like
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#369455 - 22/11/11 03:43 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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To much oil can be as bad as to little, if its only just over the max mark dont worry to much, but if its well over drain some out, I have seen some cars not start because the owner has overfilled the engine with oil and locked the hydraulic followers up, (solid on st) and also a renault diesel that would not turn off and rev high cos it was running on the engine oil after it was turned off.
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#369456 - 22/11/11 04:15 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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how hard is it to remove the inlet? might do that in a few weeks and clean it if there is any

ok cheers for the help guys, will drive it and see what it's like




straight forward if the engine isn't in the car but it wont be easy when it's in your have to take the slam panel out and the bumper to get to it all without cocking it up.

Honestly mate i wouldn't worry too much about it, if your talking millimetres.

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#369457 - 22/11/11 10:58 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STASON]
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well it was pretty much the top of the disptick i.e. about 4mm above the max mark
drove a 60 mile round trip today and it was fine though

Where is the drain plug? also as Micky said won't it be impossible/ VERY messy trying to put the plug back in with the oil flowing out?
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#369458 - 23/11/11 12:33 AM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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well it was pretty much the top of the disptick i.e. about 4mm above the max mark
drove a 60 mile round trip today and it was fine though

Where is the drain plug? also as Micky said won't it be impossible/ VERY messy trying to put the plug back in with the oil flowing out?




Its gonna get messy
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#369459 - 23/11/11 02:06 AM Re: Too much oil [Re: Jack_P]
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1:) Take the car for a drive until it reaches normal operating temperature

2:) Park the car on a flat surface and turn it off

3:) Wait 5 minutes for all the engine oil to drain back into the sump

4:) Then (and only then!) .. check the oil level

You would be amazed at how many people do such a simple thing so wrong, ... they park on a slope, check the oil when the car is cold etc ..

If it's only a little bit over the maximum mark and the car is running fine then leave it alone

If it's a lot over the maximum mark just release the sump plug a touch and let some oil drain out a bit at a time before reaching the correct level.

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#369460 - 23/11/11 05:03 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Robjh]
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you must do it different in australia m8, over here its recommended to let the engine cool down first before checking the oil, or check it on a cold engine, as hot engine oil gives a false reading.
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#369461 - 23/11/11 05:25 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: alan_t_st]
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Check it when its cold
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#369462 - 23/11/11 05:58 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Adam08]
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http://www.fordfiestast.co.uk/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=347976&an=0&page=0#347976

Burn - If it's only 4mm over the maximum mark, don't worry. Drive the car as normal and come next oil change, put it on the right mark.

ANything over 1cm over the max then you would need to drain a little, but honestly, leavie it as is, it won't do any damage.


P.s. When checking oil level (Not when your changing it), put car on a level surface and pull dipstick out. Clean, replace and THEN check level. Do NOT check when it is warm.
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#369463 - 23/11/11 06:04 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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what damage would over 1cm do then just out of curiosity?
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#369464 - 23/11/11 06:30 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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It can over pressurise the engine, which puts gaskets, pistons and seals under more load than usual.
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#369465 - 23/11/11 06:43 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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righteo

where is that drainage plug just in case I ever need it in future?
Will go and check the oil again in a minute now it's all settled down and the car hasn't been used for a while
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#369466 - 23/11/11 06:46 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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Click the link above mate. It's on the rear of the engine, at the bottom. 13mm.
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#369467 - 23/11/11 06:54 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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didn't see the link

Cheers mate, will give that a go tomorrow if it's still high
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#369468 - 23/11/11 07:09 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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5w30 oil is that thin that if you want an exact reading leave it tell cold, if you want a rough reading i.e. just checking how low it is. 10 minutes is fine

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#369469 - 23/11/11 07:40 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: nosnow3]
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Duh! Lol.

Burn, keep forgetting your actual name, feel like an idiot reffering to you as Burn all the time lol.
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#369470 - 23/11/11 07:45 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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#369471 - 23/11/11 07:50 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: steviehouse]
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Cheers Stevie. FOr some reason, my so called brain would not permit me to think logically and click his profile lol.

Such a duh at time lol.
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#369472 - 24/11/11 12:14 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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haha yeah sounds weird everyone calling me burn
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#369473 - 24/11/11 06:11 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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Lol. Serves you right for having such a complicated name!!!!
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#369474 - 24/11/11 07:55 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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lol its hardly complicated!
In fact I use Burn for everything (gamertags etc as well) because a guy misheard me on stage once and called it me in front of all my school mates

Obviously they found it hilarious and called it me for a few weeks so just ended up using it for that sort of stuff.
No one actually calls it me anymore lol just use it for usernames etc
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#369475 - 24/11/11 07:56 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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oh and back to topic
The oil is fine
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#369476 - 24/11/11 10:18 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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Lol.

Good stuff, glad to hear it B..............Ben!
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#369477 - 25/11/11 08:52 AM Re: Too much oil [Re: alan_t_st]
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you must do it different in australia m8, over here its recommended to let the engine cool down first before checking the oil, or check it on a cold engine, as hot engine oil gives a false reading.



It's an age old debate just as old as the history of the motor car itself ... some say to only check the oil when it's cold .. and others say it must be at operating temperature.

Either way really isn't going to make that much difference, but the argument for checking whilst at operating temp is that the oil is at optimum condition while the car is in use and at operating temperature (ie: 99.9% of the time) and has thinned to it's correct state once it has reached this point.

How long is your car engine cold for? .. not very long at all, as such it is this if anything, that gives a false reading (although it's negligible either way) .. we are talking small amounts here.

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#369478 - 25/11/11 07:09 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Robjh]
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Robjh - You are correct in what you say. It really doesn't matter, so long as the car is on a level surface and you allow it to settle, the reading will be pretty much the same.
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#369479 - 26/11/11 01:02 AM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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My car has been way over the oil limit for a few months now but driving fine. Could I still be doing unnoticeable internal damage to the engine? Should I drain it, I'd prob need a garage to do it as I can't raise my car, I only have the standard jack.

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#369480 - 26/11/11 02:20 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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Just changed the gearbox oil in my dads x350 Jag, oil at dealers was £29 a litre, gearbox holds 6 litres, had to check the oil at a temp of between 30 and 50 degrees, so i suppose it depends on what you want to do, I always check my engine oil when its cold maybe on a morning when it has drained back into the sump.
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#369481 - 26/11/11 02:23 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Tez]
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£29 a litre??
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#369482 - 26/11/11 03:21 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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Tom, roughly, in mm, how much over the maximum is your oil level?

If it's over 5mm, I would get some drained. If it's only up to 5mm, it will be fine and no damage will occur.
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#369483 - 26/11/11 03:23 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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Tom, roughly, in mm, how much over the maximum is your oil level?

If it's over 5mm, I would get some drained. If it's only up to 5mm, it will be fine and no damage will occur.




I'll have a check, as I have no ramps I'd have to get it to a garage. Hopefully they wouldn't charge much to just drain a little oil?
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#369484 - 26/11/11 03:29 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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It's a bit of an arse to drain as you need to drain a little, put the plug back in, check the level, drain abit more etc etc.

I'd say you'd be looking at about £15 or thereabouts.

Put two bricks in front of hte front tyres, drive on them and you'll get access to the plug easily. Undo the plug (13mm), undo it all the way BUT don't pull the plug from the hole, sort of hold a bit of pressure so that the oil dribbles out. Get a margerine container and drain into that.
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#369485 - 26/11/11 11:24 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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It's a bit of an arse to drain as you need to drain a little, put the plug back in, check the level, drain abit more etc etc.

I'd say you'd be looking at about £15 or thereabouts.

Put two bricks in front of hte front tyres, drive on them and you'll get access to the plug easily. Undo the plug (13mm), undo it all the way BUT don't pull the plug from the hole, sort of hold a bit of pressure so that the oil dribbles out. Get a margerine container and drain into that.




CHeers I'll give this a go tomorrow
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#369486 - 27/11/11 10:20 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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Put two bricks in front of hte front tyres, drive on them and you'll get access to the plug easily.



I always manage to change the oil without jacking the car up at all ... and Iv'e got Eibach's installed ..

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#369487 - 28/11/11 03:14 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Robjh]
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Please tell me this is the right place to drain the oil.





As I drain a fair bit and it doesn't seem to have gone down at all. I'm really worried now that I've been driving around for two months with WAY TOO MUCH oil lol. Or I've just drained fluids from somewhere else and it isn't the engine oil rofl.

Please help asap and I need to drive the motor lol.
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#369488 - 28/11/11 03:16 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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Would I know if any damage has occured, would it be obvious? Or will it just bite me in the ass 6 months down the road?
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#369489 - 28/11/11 03:25 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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have u just drained the gearbox????????????????????/
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#369490 - 28/11/11 03:28 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: H47PER]
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I flipping hope not!?
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#369491 - 28/11/11 03:30 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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I unscrewed this big black bolt from STash's photo. It required a 13mm socket to undo.

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#369492 - 28/11/11 03:30 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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i thought the engine drain plug is infront of the driveshaft?
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#369493 - 28/11/11 03:33 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: H47PER]
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from that pic, it looks to be the right one i think
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#369494 - 28/11/11 03:59 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: H47PER]
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looks to be right to me
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#369495 - 28/11/11 04:09 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Tez]
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yeahs thats the right one gearbox is further back infact too be honest no idea what it would look like or even if there is one lol.

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#369496 - 28/11/11 04:24 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STASON]
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Phew, yeh. I took the oil to a garage and they confirmed it was engine oil I'd drained. I've warmed the car up just need to check the levels now as I've drained a fair bit!

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#369497 - 28/11/11 04:39 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: H47PER]
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have u just drained the gearbox????????????????????/






poor lad nearly had a heart attack then!
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#369498 - 28/11/11 04:47 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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I did!
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#369499 - 28/11/11 05:34 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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It's only about 4-5mm over now but will drain a little more tomorrow.
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#369500 - 28/11/11 08:18 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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Quote:

have u just drained the gearbox????????????????????/






poor lad nearly had a heart attack then!




Sorry
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#369501 - 28/11/11 08:27 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: H47PER]
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#369502 - 28/11/11 08:33 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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Christ Tom, you did have too much oil lol. I have PM'd you, sorry it took a while, been doing a little overtime.

I would drain about half of what you have in that bucket again, and you should be okay then.

For everyone's info, to drain the g/box, you require a multi spline.
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#369503 - 28/11/11 08:34 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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For everyone's info, to drain the g/box, you require a multi spline.




a what??
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#369504 - 28/11/11 08:41 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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Looks like Ben won't be draining his g/box anytime soon then lol.

A torx bit (Or multi spline):

Torx


Edited by STash (28/11/11 08:43 PM)
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#369505 - 28/11/11 08:44 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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ah torx now I see
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#369506 - 28/11/11 08:48 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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High five lol.
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#369507 - 28/11/11 08:51 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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Christ Tom, you did have too much oil lol. I have PM'd you, sorry it took a while, been doing a little overtime.

I would drain about half of what you have in that bucket again, and you should be okay then.

For everyone's info, to drain the g/box, you require a multi spline.




Cheers Ash. You are my go to guy for mechanical things
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#369508 - 28/11/11 08:53 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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Lol, just glad to be off assitance. If you have any issues or whatever in the future, just give me a message and I'll answer you straight after work.

P.s. I would reccommend, if finances aren't to hard, maybe draining another litre and shoving a pot of slick 50 into the oil. Great stuff for performance cars, and really prolongs engine life.
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#369509 - 28/11/11 09:11 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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i thought the only way to drop the gearbox oil was remove the box. or pull a shaft out (which you would need to do to drop the box)

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#369510 - 28/11/11 09:15 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: nosnow3]
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i thought the only way to drop the gearbox oil was remove the box. or pull a shaft out (which you would need to do to drop the box)




I've torn a hole in a gear box from doing a wheel spin, high revs and flicked the clutch, made an almighty bang! Shitty french thing couldn't handle the excitement. Citroen AX I recall. I don't do this any more. It hurts the bank.
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#369511 - 28/11/11 09:17 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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Lol, just glad to be off assitance. If you have any issues or whatever in the future, just give me a message and I'll answer you straight after work.

P.s. I would reccommend, if finances aren't to hard, maybe draining another litre and shoving a pot of slick 50 into the oil. Great stuff for performance cars, and really prolongs engine life.




Where can I purchase myself some of this for a good price? I'm going to need to prolong my engine life after what I've done for it. Would I know if I'd damaged the engine by now? As I've been drivi9ng it with all that extra oil since the very start of September :/
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#369512 - 28/11/11 09:20 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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i thought the only way to drop the gearbox oil was remove the box. or pull a shaft out (which you would need to do to drop the box)




I've torn a hole in a gear box from doing a wheel spin, high revs and flicked the clutch, made an almighty bang! Shitty french thing couldn't handle the excitement. Citroen AX I recall. I don't do this any more. It hurts the bank.




HAHAHA actually burst out laughing! amazing
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#369513 - 28/11/11 09:23 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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I had a citroen Ax...For about a week. It didn't enjoy being on it's roof so that relationship was never going to work out.

Tom, if there was going to be damage, you'd know by now (The engine would rattle and bang). Go to a local motor factors, it should be around the £20 mark.
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#369514 - 28/11/11 09:31 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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I had a citreon ax too and that ended up on it's roof too. Infact I had it on it's roof about 6 times, when I Was 16 on a friends farm where he had a spare field and we just trashed cars on em. We had a little banger circuit going on lol.
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#369515 - 28/11/11 09:32 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: H47PER]
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Haha.

Sadly for me, mine was in the middle of the road, holding up traffic lol.
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#369516 - 28/11/11 09:35 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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The day his dad stopped letting us use the field was sad after a friend broke his arm
There was 3 fiestas, an ax, 3 micras and a 106. They all got sent Back to The scrapyard where we got them from in the first place
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#369517 - 28/11/11 09:35 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: H47PER]
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I had a citreon ax too and that ended up on it's roof too. Infact I had it on it's roof about 6 times, when I Was 16 on a friends farm where he had a spare field and we just trashed cars on em. We had a little banger circuit going on lol.




bet that was awesome!!!
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#369518 - 28/11/11 09:48 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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Only car I've owned that didn't like being on it's roof was a Corsa B SRi.. I know, facepalm right. That same Corsa got repaired and I beheaded a cow with it. flipping roof got destroyed again haha.

I know I've just transformed this thread into something else but it was pretty much dead anyway lol. Citroen AXs made for good first cars, I had another one for about two weeks and I debadged part of it so it said GT, lol everyone in my 6th form was like SRSLY YOU'VE GOT A GT?? Ha. I gave it to my sis and proceeded to wreck a red one after that. It had white steelies so I took the hub caps off and it looked proper rally! Lemme find some pics lol.






I ended up buying some 13s for that and a 4" exhaust... and yes I'm really embarrassed... I put a wing on it like this:



I don't have any images on my PC or we could all enjoy a good laugh. But I bet you can all imagine it
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#369519 - 28/11/11 09:51 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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Look how flipping big the arches are! I don't think we have a leg to stand on complaining about the Fez ST when cars looked like this lol
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#369520 - 28/11/11 10:05 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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haha Tom that is hilarious!

first car was a ka for 6 months which I got free from my mom then my ST so nothing too embarrassing

wait... beheaded a cow???!!!???
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#369521 - 28/11/11 10:09 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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HELL YEH! I was wizzing through some old country lanes surrounded by wooding and next thing I knew a cow had launched free of the field it was imprisoned in and twated my car! I'd have swerved but there was oncoming traffic Glass went everywhere, my gf at the time got covered in glass and some minor injuries.

5 minutes later some kid hits the cow in road and flips his motor, it rolled about 3 times and I dragged him out, only a broken arm. At least his wasn't a moving target!
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#369522 - 28/11/11 10:13 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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that's some story right there!
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#369523 - 28/11/11 10:17 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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It wasn't a story, it's the TR..HOOF! My Corsa B SRi was a write off again so this time I just said flipping it, off you go to the scrap yard. The head unit I had in that is now in my Fez lol and I had the head unit in that Red AX as well. 8 yrs old.

Farmers insurance payed up in the end. I think I ended up with a Renault 19 as the payout payed for the repairs of the previously roofed Corsa lol

I've been so unlucky with cars FML!
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#369524 - 28/11/11 10:20 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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I did believe you! it IS an awesome story
bloody hell, how do you get insured??
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#369525 - 28/11/11 10:32 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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Well I haven't had a crash since 2004, so that helps and my last points were 2005
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#369526 - 28/11/11 10:47 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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#369527 - 29/11/11 07:06 AM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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GYYYYYPPPPPOOOOOOOSSSSSS
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#369528 - 29/11/11 08:09 AM Re: Too much oil [Re: H47PER]
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Lol.

My first car was the AX, H reg also. Passed my test on Monday, got 3 points for speeding on the Wednesday, wrote the car off on Sunday. Bought an identical AX on the following Saturday, drove to Liverpool, mounted a curb and the strut tore away from the car, another write off.

So, bought a Pug 205, sold that, then a Pug 306, modded then got caught speeding (So that would be 6 points inside 2 years) but luckily for me, Pepipoo got me off that one and then I sold her. Got a Corsa 1.8 SRi, then a Focus TDCI, and now the ST. Nice clean license since the 3 points.
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#369529 - 29/11/11 11:48 AM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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wow a lot of bad luck
My mate wrote off 3 cars in 3 months one of which was my old car and before he passed his test
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#369530 - 29/11/11 12:28 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: STash]
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Lol.

My first car was the AX, H reg also. Passed my test on Monday, got 3 points for speeding on the Wednesday, wrote the car off on Sunday.




Sounds like a Craig David song
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#369531 - 29/11/11 12:52 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: krAwl]
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#369532 - 29/11/11 05:55 PM Re: Too much oil [Re: Burn4]
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Well spotted hehe.
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