oil change help !!
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oil change help !!
today i did an oil change on my 250 and put in bout 5.6 quarts of oil and it barely hits the dipstick... dealer says put in 5.2 what do yall think?
Last edited by Gumbee; 09-13-08 at 12:22 AM.
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Yeup my IS350 takes a little more than 6 quarts with filter...Just read the manual....the very last page should have all the specs.
Just checked my manual and its 6.6 quarts of oil with filter.
Just checked my manual and its 6.6 quarts of oil with filter.
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The manual says 6.6 qts for 2wd and 6.8 qts
for AWD. I just changed the oil and filter on my IS350 , couple days ago and 6.6 qts did not hit the top mark of the 2 marks of the dipstick, so I ended up putting in the rest of the 7th quart and it came up closer to the top mark.
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Too much oil in the crank case can cause more oil than usual to be sprayed onto the cylinder walls making the oil rings work very hard to clean the excess oil away.
Another concern about overfilling the oil is foaming. The oil will foam and result in less protection for your engine.Maybe seal issues too.
I don't know if a 1.5 qt overfill would cause these problems but why take the chance?
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Not only did you over pay for the 8th qt, but over filling the engine with Oil is just silly and potentially very harmful...
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Ok, took it back to the shop and they drained the excess oil but don't know how much. The dipstick show the oil level is still above the top dot by about 1/8 of an inch. The tech said this is ok. Is it? Is it really important that the level is not above the top dot?