Just wanted to vent somewhere on my stupid *** mistake.

I got my car back from doing a headgasket replacement and the first thing I thought was to change the oil and wash the car. So I change the oil and I don't know what I was thinking and put too much oil in it. After I changed it, it ran fine for a couple of days until the 3rd day where it started to bog and backfire like crazy. It wouldn't even want to start up. So I automatically thought it was the tech's problem. He told me to get a new fuel filter and cap and rotor.

I didn't think anything was wrong with the cap but I changed the rotor. I also got the new fuel filter and even did the timing which was dead on. I was thinking today, "hrm, what if it were something stupid like oil level" and sure enough it was!!!

Sometimes the biggest problems are caused by the smallest things.

 

how much did you put in it? you never check the oil level after you do you oil change? thats the first thing i do even before i drive it.

 

I totally forgot about it. Simple mistake. I think I put a half a quart over

 

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I may be wrong but that doesnt sound like enough to cause a problem.

 

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thats impossible, it must be a coincidence. a half quart too much will do nothing. alot more oil will cause your oil to foam and the pump will pickup air and kill your motor.

 

Sounds like a botched headgasket job to me.

 

1/2 quart over will not do that. skip the cap and rotor and take it back to the shop