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Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Cars / December 2005

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94 Maxima overfill? with 5 quarts?

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beerman - 29 Nov 2005 00:13 GMT
hi

today i took the car to do oil change
guy puts in 5 quarts.

i checked the Dip stick after i parked the car about 3hrs after..., and
it was  3/4  of an inch more  above the High mark??

is it ok?

94 Maxima SE , 133k

any input
thanks
JimV - 29 Nov 2005 00:31 GMT
> hi
>
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> any input
> thanks

It'll be fine.
beerman - 29 Nov 2005 00:35 GMT
whew , thnks
Nick Linden - 29 Nov 2005 23:10 GMT
NEVER ok to overfill. Drain back to normal to avoid BIG HUGE problems.
> whew , thnks
Steve T - 30 Nov 2005 04:34 GMT
> NEVER ok to overfill. Drain back to normal to avoid BIG HUGE problems.

Like what?

While it's not ideal, it's sure not the end of the world either.

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jim - 30 Nov 2005 04:53 GMT
>>NEVER ok to overfill. Drain back to normal to avoid BIG HUGE problems.
>
> Like what?
>
> While it's not ideal, it's sure not the end of the world either.

When i used to use english cars half a lifetime ago, if you overfilled
the crankcase the oil would leak throught the rear crankcase seal into
the clutch.
Steve T - 01 Dec 2005 05:58 GMT
>>>NEVER ok to overfill. Drain back to normal to avoid BIG HUGE problems.
>>
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> the crankcase the oil would leak throught the rear crankcase seal into
> the clutch.

Yea and they had a felt rear main seal..

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Peter Hill - 02 Dec 2005 17:29 GMT
>> NEVER ok to overfill. Drain back to normal to avoid BIG HUGE problems.
>
>Like what?
>
>While it's not ideal, it's sure not the end of the world either.

Just be prepared for a big cloud of oil smoke every time the oil
surges and hits the crank.  It will be flung up the bores in such big
quantities that the oil control rings will be swamped and let lots by.
Just drive in nice straight lines, avoid rapid acceleration, heavy
braking and slow down to a crawl for curves.  If you get a big enough
surge it will slow the crank quite quickly, to avoid taking a bite out
of the steering wheel wear a seat belt.  Oil surge has been known to
twist the crankshaft when one end slows a lot more than the other but
that's probably long inline 6 cylinder cranks.

If you are really unlucky it will be flung up the crankcase breather
so fast it gets sucked into the cylinder though the PCV valve and then
hydraulically lock the engine = broken rod, holed crankcase.  The
breather does have a baffle plate over it but under high volume fling
it may act like a scoop.   I've seen a gearbox "pump" 1/2 it's
contents out under acceleration when the oil hit the gears and they
flung it straight though the breather system.  But it was doing a 8
second 1/4.

I can do the smoke screen trick on just 1/2 pint above the top mark in
summer on dry roads.
beerman - 02 Dec 2005 23:39 GMT
thnks all

already drained it .

assure will never happen again

drove it for about 100 miles only on 1 inch extra oil. hopefully no
damage has occured =)
AS - 02 Dec 2005 03:10 GMT
The oil capacity with oil filter change is 4 qts.

I would lower the oil level to be within range.  I do not like the idea
of the additional splashing inside the crankcase, but that is just me.

> hi
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> any input
> thanks
Jason - 02 Dec 2005 05:08 GMT
At lower rpms it wont have much effect, but at higher(above 5k) you'll lose
oil pressure from the oil aerating from contact with the crankshaft.
> hi
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> any input
> thanks
 
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