Too much oil in car engine: what to do | Changing car engine oil | Castrol U.K.

⇨ Castrol Oil Finder:

____________________

Follow these steps to learn what to do when you have too much oil in your car engine:

00:00 - Too much oil in car engine: what to do | Changing car engine oil | Castrol U.K.

00:59 - Step 1: Check your oil level.
Pop the hood and locate your engine oil dipstick.

02:16 - Step 2: Remove the excess oil with the syringe.
Remove the dipstick. Take a tube, stick it in there and put the syringe at the other end.

02:59 - Step 3: Check again and repeat.
Check your oil level again using the dipstick and repeat the process until the level is back in between the two markers.

⇨ Click here for the full playlist: Changing car engine oil

[anthonybarra]

I bought a small 12v oil pump from lidl, specifically for this purpose. Comes with inlet and outlet tubes, and crock clips to connect direct to battery. Works great, good for full oil change too.

[alphonsuswynston-thurston]

Please sir thank you for letting me know about this I know it will take me a long way again thank you.

[peteg]

I used the pump from an old shampoo bottle and just taped a drain pipe on to it making the join air tight. Worked perfectly. The advantage over the syringe was that you can hold and pump with one hand while holding the drain pan with the other.

[banditmans]

What a great way to remove excessive oil without removing sump plug could you tell me what size tubing you used thanks

[eeemuse]

most cars, specially germans since 2010 don't have a dipstick or even a dipstick tube anyway!

[ranger]

I like to write on plastic radiator cover in silver marker the amount of oil car takes, viscosity, oil filter model number, and drain plug wrench size saves a lot of running around and looking things up. but i still had garages just throw in 4 quarts even though it only takes 3.4 when i didn't want to do my own oil change mid-winter.
I have a oil remover suction tool that has a pump like a bike pump and a cylinder that holds about a gallon you could actually suck all oil out and replace it without crawling under car of course you would still have oil in filter.

[williambelford]

I have a 9l vacuum pump I use when doing oil changes and used it to remove 4 litres of excess oil from my partner's car which had been grossly overfilled by her cousin who is actually a marine engineer 🤔

[andrewtoombs]

will the oil color change if there is too much? I have a volvo 05 v50 t5, and it is very possible I over filled by 1/2 quart. The land the car is parked on is a small light angle, which makes getting a straight level gauging impossible. I am getting a coffee bubble color, which leads me to suspect a head gasket issue, but it could be something like a bad PCV system. The car has just under 200k miles. When I discovered the change in oil color in the oil cap, but not the dip stick, I stop driving the car. Any advice you have, I like to know

[richardmigneault]

My engine holds 4.4 l and when I had it changed they put in the whole container which was 4.71 liters is this to much over?

[conorfleming]

I had to get a new Oil sensor for my Car today

[victorinobunan]

how do you check the engine oil on the dipstick properly? in the morning or after 5 to 10 minutes after turning off the engine?

[peekeyeseek]

I'M the DIPSTICK that put
much oil in my car.
🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[davidallen]

Can you recommend a syringe kit for this job?

[peteg]

Have thought about using this method but have been worried the draining tube may get stuck some how . Is there any chance of that happening ?

[TheBinaryWolf]

I added too much oil in my home generator that caused the dip stick to jump up and let oil splutter over the engine. The smoke was awful!

When I drained the excess oil, the engine would click but no longer start. I cleaned the oil in the carburattor bay and tried the two finger poke, without success. Anything else I can try?

[henya]

I put way too much oil into the car, can I drive like 10km until the service station?

[gabycashy]

my step father accidentally added too much and a mechanic told him that he couldnt get rid of the extra and had to do a complete change

[colincressey]

I tried to do in this yes got oil out of my car but to find the car wouldn’t start after

[Slugworth]

I accidentally put way too much engine in my car and then
BiG buff of blue smoke and then a loss of power.
I pulled over straight away. So iv not driven at lenth like this, but im bricking it now, lol

Do I simply need to reduce the oil level, or is this a sign of more damage.
Any advice most appreciated.

Is there a clear indicator that something else is wrong after this that I should watch/listen out for?
Thank you

[mvonxele]

I put too much oil on polo classic 1.9 tdi and the engine won't start, it's only cranks and that's all. If I remove oil to the right level, will the engine go to normal starting.