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Oil Level

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 5:25 pm
by DougM
So this is a weird one. I have done an oil change, before I started the oil level showed half way between max and min. I emptied it out and got about 2.7 litres of oil out. I measured in litre bottles to make sure. I put 3 litres in and checked the dipstick again. It shows as massively overfilled, literally up to the handle. If you start the car it says oil level correct but I do not know if that would say otherwise if overfilled. I changed the filter as well so a small amount of oil was in that as well. The car itself seems fine I ran it for 10 minutes, no odd smells and its much quieter but the dipstick still shows as overfilled. I will leave it over night to see if its any different. I ought to add the engine was warm when I changed the oil. Any ideas?

Re: Oil Level

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 6:02 pm
by Wojta
how you drained oil ?

Re: Oil Level

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 6:10 pm
by DougM
Sump plug left out until no oil was coming out.

Re: Oil Level

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 9:19 am
by vanmanpaul83
I checked your profile and this shows your car as being a 1.6 megane. This engine holds 4.8 litres of engine oil.

Did you happen to check the level of the dipstick before dropping out the oil?

Re: Oil Level

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:53 am
by DougM
All resolved, I was being a plonker the issue was human error.

Re: Oil Level

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 10:16 pm
by Wojta
Maybe dipstick is wrong from diferent engine