 What happens when you put in too much oil?, The dealership did... |
 Jul 16, 2004 - 8:06 AM
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When I changed my oil for the first time, I noticed that while the manual says to put in something like 4 quarts, I actually drained about 5 quarts of existing oil. After 3000 miles, could that much extra oil damage something... like, oh, I don't know... the valve seals? I know you guys say the valve seals are a common problem, but it's a problem the car didn't have at the time I bought it, and I've only put about 3000 miles on it since then (most of which was during the time it had too much oil.)
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Jul 18, 2004 - 11:16 PM
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Mixing regular and synthetic is bad for 2 reasons. Not all oils can mix together, if you mix synthetic and regular together it could seperate much like oil and water seperate causing damage.
Also using synthetic or regular in an engine that has had the other in it for some time, can cause your seals to swell or shrink causing leaks. And our cars only take 4 quarts of oil, it is a waiste to put more than that in it. My 4.0 inline 6 only took 6 quarts and it was twice the size of the engines in these cars. |
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CoolDoctorJ What happens when you put in too much oil? Jul 16, 2004 - 8:06 AM
97Celica I have always put like 4.5 Quarts in. And make sur... Jul 16, 2004 - 8:11 AM Supersprynt Usually the pan can hold X amount of qts and then ... Jul 16, 2004 - 8:13 AM turboinduction I'm normally around 4.5 qts. Basically, 4 qts... Jul 16, 2004 - 8:29 AM CoolDoctorJ How easy is it to just "take off the valve co... Jul 16, 2004 - 9:50 AM turboinduction Simple but time consuming. Thats all. Normally i... Jul 16, 2004 - 10:07 AM CoolDoctorJ Well, everyone says it's not broken, but I don... Jul 16, 2004 - 10:25 AM turboinduction Again, you should have 4.5 qts in the Celica. Tha... Jul 16, 2004 - 10:40 AM Four QUOTE (97Celica @ Jul 16, 2004 - 6:11 AM) I have a... Jul 17, 2004 - 1:57 AM brianforster yeah i changed my oil less tha ntwo months ago wit... Jul 17, 2004 - 9:24 AM Cormudgen QUOTE (Four @ Jul 16, 2004 - 11:57 PM) QUOTE (97Ce... Jul 17, 2004 - 10:21 AM Digndoug about the synthetic.. Its a cleaner oil.. There fo... Jul 17, 2004 - 10:57 AM SlowCelica94 If you add too much oil (servel qt more) then the ... Jul 17, 2004 - 11:15 AM Anub1s If to much oil is inside of the engine, you could ... Jul 17, 2004 - 3:10 PM Digndoug I was only talkign about 1/2-1 quart to much not 4... Jul 17, 2004 - 4:06 PM Anub1s QUOTE (Digndoug @ Jul 17, 2004 - 9:06 PM) I was on... Jul 17, 2004 - 4:29 PM slipgun Im very happy with synthetic as well. I find the c... Jul 18, 2004 - 6:54 PM Anub1s ^ very true. One thing that I could add is that re... Jul 18, 2004 - 7:25 PM Digndoug QUOTE (canyonking @ Jul 17, 2004 - 9:29 PM) QUOTE ... Jul 18, 2004 - 7:43 PM celicaboston1983 i thought out cars only needed 4qts Jul 18, 2004 - 8:51 PM CoolDoctorJ Holy cow, this thread took off while I wasn't ... Jul 18, 2004 - 10:39 PM fastgt i THINK the exact amount for our cars is like 3.75... Jul 19, 2004 - 9:46 PM 97GTinKC Too much will cause trouble, if its full enough to... Jul 20, 2004 - 12:14 AM 97GTinKC As for synthetic oil, it actually will leave a fil... Jul 20, 2004 - 9:57 AM
wht95st-02gtivr6 if you put to much oil in your car it dosent just ... Jul 20, 2004 - 5:03 PM |
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