Too much oil?

[schnellman]

The book my indy uses indicates about a quarter of a quart more than my owner's manual says. And, a couple of times he has added too much. I use a long plastic tube and siphon the extra oil out of the opening where oil would normally be added. Sucks, but it works.

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by schnellman

The book my indy uses indicates about a quarter of a quart more than my owner's manual says. And, a couple of times he has added too much. I use a long plastic tube and siphon the extra oil out of the opening where oil would normally be added. Sucks, but it works.

I would be cautious about putting plastic tubing down either the oil fill or dipstick tubes (on cars with them) as there are a lot of sharp edged things the tube can get hooked on and make it nearly impossible to pull it back out. We have had to take a couple sump covers off cars whose owners tried to use commenrical vacuum tank systems to suck the oil out without jacking the car up. Bad idea..........

[CoBeerToad]

Originally Posted by schnellman

I use a long plastic tube and siphon the extra oil out of the opening where oil would normally be added. Sucks, but it works.

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