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Subject:Oil overfill -- now what?
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:18:08 -0700

1.9L engine, with 10centlife oil cooler addon which has Bosch 3300 size
oil filter.

So my notes are to add 4 liters of 15-50W oil after draining the winter
oil and changing the filter. But my notes are not always entirely accurate.

After putting in the 4 liters, the oil is just below the bottom notch on
the dipstick. I checked this a few times, made sure the dipstick was
fully-seated, and waited a bit to make sure that all the oil had settled
in the pan.

Stood around, decided to add 1/2L additional oil. Now it's above the
upper notch. Darn.

1/2 liter of additional sure brought up the oil level quickly. What's
the range between the lower notch and the upper?

How do I get the excess out? I could try a three-handed unscrew the
drain bolt, quickly swap in a new crush washer, then insert the bolt
into the hole real fast . . . but I'm a bit clumsy at those sorts of
things.

But my guess is that this is pretty much my option at this point.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

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