What are the symptoms of adding too much oil to your car??

[Patrix]

Newbie to cars here.

I think I added too much oil to my integra. when I start it up the tail pipe bellows out smoke and the car barely revs. Will this damage anything? How many quarts and what kind should I use for my next oil change?

Thanks!

[michael1686]

Did you try checking the dipstick

[Patrix]

Originally Posted by michael1686

Did you try checking the dipstick

yes I did. The oil level was way too high. I am going to drain it down to a normal level then let the car idle and burn whatever oil is stuck in the system. Will this be harmful to the car? I don't know what else to do

[shaunthebadass]

yeah dude you might want to drop that oil line down a little......not good to have the oil level up around the combustion chamber.....might catch your whole engine on fire or screw up your piston and what not

[cyphate]

how long have you been driving with too much oil?
you might want to check your spark plugs also just in case there is damage from the high oil level.

[whtteg]

Drain it out ,then fill it with the right amount, 3.8qts I think, then run the motor for a few mins. Then replace your plugs and see how it runs.

[enginegasmotorelec]

u can't damage your spark plugs you can just foul them, if this happens you will have a misfire and just need to take out the plugs and clean them with a dry rag. also if you drove it for a while with high oil you might have cut down the life of your catalytic converter, if an engine light goes off it'll be your oxygen sensor post cat. other major problems you can get will be results of your pistons going up and down splashing the oil as they hit bdc (bottom dead center). all you have to do is open the drain plug at the bottom for a second not even all the way, drain oil (not into environment ) get out from under the car and check ur dipstick til its in the proper range. dont waste money on new oil.

[enginegasmotorelec]

Originally Posted by whtteg

Drain it out ,then fill it with the right amount, 3.8qts I think, then run the motor for a few mins. Then replace your plugs and see how it runs.

his car runs with an engine not a motor, Tesla runs on motors

[enginegasmotorelec]

Originally Posted by shaunthebadass

yeah dude you might want to drop that oil line down a little......not good to have the oil level up around the combustion chamber.....might catch your whole engine on fire or screw up your piston and what not

oil doesn't burn, nether does gas if its not compressed and heated to vaporized ideal mixture ratio is 14.7:1 air to fuel or 1 atmosphere, nothing is gonna light on fire

[BullShifter]

Originally Posted by enginegasmotorelec

his car runs with an engine not a motor, Tesla runs on motors

Look up the definition! There is no need to post on a thread that died in 2003!

–noun
1.
a comparatively small and powerful engine, esp. an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
2.
any self-powered vehicle.
3.
a person or thing that imparts motion, esp. a contrivance, as a steam engine, that receives and modifies energy from some natural source in order to utilize it in driving machinery.
4.
Also called electric motor. Electricity . a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy, as an induction motor.
5.
motors, stocks or bonds in automobile companies.
–adjective
6.
pertaining to or operated by a motor.
7.
of, for, by, or pertaining to motor vehicles: motor freight.
8.
designed or for automobiles, their drivers, or their passengers: The hotel has a motor lobby in its parking garage for picking up and discharging passengers.
9.
causing or producing motion.
10.
Physiology . conveying an impulse that results or tends to result in motion, as a nerve.
11.
Psychology, Physiology . Also, motoric. of, pertaining to, or involving muscular movement: a motor response; motor images.
–verb (used without object)
12.
to ride or travel in an automobile; drive: They motored up the coast.
–verb (used with object)
13.
Chiefly British . to drive or transport by car: He motored his son to school.