did oil change today...poured the while 5 quart in it. a little too much but f*ck it. car seems alittle slugish but oh well... what do you think?

 

drain some of it out

 

no harm done.

 

drain it out, why would u post that you put too much but say no harm done. You have doubts in your mind i think. Not sure the exact capacity of the engine.

Too much oil is bad for your engine. My oil cap says so!!

 

Drain some of it out.

 

other then performance wise suffering, it shouldn't cause any other problems right? i'm think it'll correct itself eventually because my 160,000 mile b18c1 consumes alittle bit of oil.

 

pour some out. you should never overfill your oil

 

why not just do it the right way?

it would take all of 5 minutes to drain and put the proper amount in.

 

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WTF are u thinking? U oughtta be bitchslaped for that.

Your engine is designed to run w/ something like 4.3 quarts of oil. Running with a significant variance from the recommended oil-fill amount cand do nothing BUT harm to your motor.


Oh BTW, nearly a quart of overfilling (like u did) IS significant.

 

a little off topic.. but still a little related... how many quarts does a 99 gs-r need? I bought my teg about a month ago and the time for an oil change is right around the corner.. it didnt come with the owners manual.. thanks

 

I have seen engines blow from too much oil

it should have about 4 quarts, just check your damn dip stick after each one. But wait a bit because it takes a minute to drain to the bottom

 

It's actually 4.2 quarts with a filter. The total amount of oil in the engine is 5.1 qts. It all doesn't come out. So anywhere from a little over 4 to 4.5 is safe. I know people who do near 4.5 and i know people who stick strictly to 4.2.

If you give it time to drain till it stops dripping completely. (takes at least an hour lol) then go closer to 4.5

If your one of those 5 min changers then stick near 4.2

 

I know i have heard why it is bad, but i cant remember. Can someone explain what can happen with too much oil?? It build up too much preasure...right???

Personally i pour 4qts in go for a quick spin around the block come back wait 5min and check the stick, then add a little as needed. Rather be a hair under for a 2min drive than to be over ever.

 

I am pretty sure it puts more stress on your oil pump. and just screws with the flow in the oil pan.

anyone back this up?

 

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Yup...too much oil pressure. The reason why his car feels sluggish is because there's so much oil pressure that it's actually causing a resistance. Great way to wreck bearings.

 

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If it's gonna burn that much oil, I think you have a problem.

Just drain some of it and be over with it.

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Everyone one this board is here to find ways to get more performance out of their cars. Why would you do something like this to rob your car of it?

 

i hear that too much oil will cause it "bubbles" to form and somethign bad abotu that. i dont really remember.

 

too much oil shouldn't cause any more pressure then it's suppose too. there might be alittle more resistance from the crankchaft having to splash into more then it's used too (thats why some people get there crankshaft knife edged so it' disturb the oil less in the pan -less resistance, more power.) but botton line...i don't think half a quart more oil then recommended is going to do any series damage.

 

Yeah too much oil pressure is bad for your engine. Take the 20 dollar loss and drain it out.

 

Everyone is really good at saying what he needs to do, but why?

First off, anything close to a 1/2 quart over is too much.....drain it out and refill it. You don't even need to change your filter.


If there is too much oil:

The crank can hit the oil and get it all airrated. It gets all foamy with air bubbles and your lubricating capacity goes to ZERO. Blew motor.

Oil pressure can build up inside the crankcase. The pressure delivered by the oil pump will be the same, you are right there....but blow-by bast the rings creates crankcase pressure. If the volume of oil is too high, this pressure can actually do funny things like blow out your dipstick, or force oil up into your intake tract. I don't care how big your catch-can is...drain and refill. This can also increase the amount of oil your car burns because it is putting more pressure on your rings too....

I am not sure that you will have nay of these problems. I understand the car may use oil (as almost any Honda over 100,000 does), but it is no way to justify overfilling. Keep the xtra quart in your trunk and refill up to level later.

 

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that would be right but the crank dosen't sit in oil

it seems like you are trying to convince yourself NOT to correct the problem

 

don't be such a lazy *** and just drain a quart out... or better yet... hold the pedal to the floor and let it bounce off the rev limiter for about 10 minutes. that should drain some oil out somehow

 

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not tryin to be b*tchy. but it seems to me u asked for advice and now ur totally ignoring everyones advice...u seem to know it all already. so my question is y bothering asking us?

 

i drove for 3 months once when 5 quart of oil. (i added some duralube additive without taking one quart out cuz i was stupid).


nothign bad happend.

my car is still running smoothly. luckily. i have have 169000 miles.

it had 89,000 when i had the 5 quarts in. haha.

good thing it was made in japan.

if it was a ford. I really dont know.

 

ok...finally have time to drain some out. runs the same as before being drained. but thats a quart of mobil one oil i'm wasting (it comes in 5 quart bottles so it's not really the best to save the whole bottle just for this). oh well. thanks for all the feedbacks and opions. it goes to show how we honda fanatics really care about our cars (spending this much just talking abouty an oil change). how low is that! j/k, later.