Overfilled with Oil
#1
Overfilled with Oil
Hi,
2 Weeks ago i took my rx8 into a local garage for an oil change the oil change was done and i reset my trip A to check the car again after a few 100 miles.
250 Miles later i checked the cars oil and its quite alot over the fill mark of the dipstick.
What possible damage could of been caused for having the car overfilled with oil for so long?
2 Weeks ago i took my rx8 into a local garage for an oil change the oil change was done and i reset my trip A to check the car again after a few 100 miles.
250 Miles later i checked the cars oil and its quite alot over the fill mark of the dipstick.
What possible damage could of been caused for having the car overfilled with oil for so long?
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Best case scenario:
Nothing happens
Bad case scenario:
Oil in air filter and accordion tube
Worst case scenario:
Stuck valve caused by the oil
P.S
Please learn to search for the answers first
Use site:www.rx8club.com <search term> in google
Nothing happens
Bad case scenario:
Oil in air filter and accordion tube
Worst case scenario:
Stuck valve caused by the oil
P.S
Please learn to search for the answers first
Use site:www.rx8club.com <search term> in google
#4
i expect i would of got the CEL for the Valve by now right?, i had a quick look at the air filter (not the accordian tube) and it looked clean so think i might of got away with it.
Thanks for the help
tip for UK Rx8 owners don't use Kwik Fit.
Thanks for the help
tip for UK Rx8 owners don't use Kwik Fit.
Last edited by GazUK; 09-01-2010 at 04:32 AM.
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A rotary engine is not like a piston engine. There's no crankshaft swinging around down there to whip up the oil etc. I used to intentionally overfill by 1 quart for racing ( before I figured out it wasn't necessary). Have never found oil in my intake or in other RX-8 I've been involved with. That's all just another forum myth of people here trying to explain a problem they don't understand or haven't figured out correctly. You would have to grossly overfill, as in many multiple quarts over the limit, in order for that to happen.
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Remember how this whole thing got started.
I would say a large majority of the time its not what people think... and the car I worked on (which spawned the SSV terror) was one of those "special" occasions.
But because I've seen it first hand, I can't completely rule it out.
Again... not totally disagreeing with you Mark because I do believe people jump to conclusions.
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