Oil level above max - should I bleed it ?

[kz]

After oil change (at the dealership) level is above max - with car in the garage for ~3-4 hrs and engine still visibly warm (but obviously not just-finished-driving warm) it was probably 1/8-1/4 inch above the max warm level.

Should I remove it (will be running autocross on Sunday with RPM at or near limiter) ?

I know I shouldn't go to dealership for an oil change but had them do it while it was in the for cooling seats TSB....

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[wildcatgoal]

I would. I use a sucker thing to take oil out of cars vs. just draining (drain also, since I gotta go under there anyway for the filter, but nothing much ever comes out). Maybe invest in one of those which makes oil changes mess free anyway. And you can make a "little reverse adjustment" if oil was overfilled, which isn't hard to do with their big oil dump pumps or if they didn't dump all the old oil and blindly pumped in a set amount of it.

 

[VinnAY]

You can pull the oil filter and and let that drain and replace it (not buy a new one), may take doing it more than once, but you can get the excess oil out that way.

 

[kz]

If anything, I would just drain some taking out drain bolt and putting it quickly back in - only risk I see is that I am going to fumble with the bolt that is going to be oily (happened to me in the past) and drain more than I want - I have about a half a quart to refill if anything happens and Amsoil isn't something readily available at Autozone...

I think they just blindly dumped in all 8 quarts... It is a disaster though that a dealership can't do it right and that's the best one in the area.

 

[tom_sprecher]

1/8 to 1/4" is not worth fooling with. When the dip stick shows that amount low, how much is that? Maybe a half a quart max.

 

[kz]

1/8 to 1/4" is not worth fooling with. When the dip stick shows that amount low, how much is that? Maybe a half a quart max.

Probably - that's what I thought... Pressure shows up as Normal and I am thinking over time it will go down - some will end up in a catch can, some will get burned.

 

[whatsup62]

1/8 to 1/4" is not worth fooling with. When the dip stick shows that amount low, how much is that? Maybe a half a quart max.

This ^^^^^
Plus what if your dipstick is not 100% accurate.
I would not think it would be to difficult to count to 8. Why would they put more in?

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