I have a car that specs refill of 4.4 liters with filter. 4.732 liters is 5 qt. Would less than 1/3 liter overfill matter for most cars? Is the oil that close to the crank when running?
Oil Overfill
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5 qts is close enough in most all normally available vehicles. As many will use a little, still good.
This current thread may help. There are others on the same topic which may also help.
I have a 2002 Acura TL sType with 204k miles on it. I took it in yesterday to the drive through oil change places and am concerned if they put too much oil in my car. Please tell me if this will hurt my car or does it need to be drained? This was what my dipstick read this morning after I let my car sit overnight in the garage.
I have to assume the auto companies expect auto idiots. So a little low or a little high will not cause an issue. It's not like highly trained mechanics are taking care of each and every car out there. From 16 year olds to 80 year olds, male and female. College kids thinking can it go another week a little low on oil cause I only have a few bucks and would rather buy a 6 pack of beer than a QT of oil.
Others who think of a car as something that gets them from point A to point B. Unless a dash light comes on they are not doing much more than fill with gas.
Others who think of a car as something that gets them from point A to point B. Unless a dash light comes on they are not doing much more than fill with gas.
I resemble that remark...
Great answer, by the way.
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I purposely overfill my car by around 1/4-1/3 quart of oil. It just runs smoother and quieter and I don't believe it will cause any damage.
Some at home probably just dump in a 5 QT jug and call it a day.
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Exactly what happens with my Mazda3. Takes 4.7 qts (with filter). Whole 5qt jug goes in. 0 issues. Bit over 1/4qt extra isn't going to hurt anything at all. Has received 5qts per change for 145k miles worth of 3k oil changes, so it would have made itself known by now if it were an issue.
Tempted to write the car will be totaled after it blows some seals you never knew existed.....
Another overfill thread!?!
Seriously will hurt nothing. SIDE NOTE: Your dipstick is not a precision measuring device.
Another overfill thread!?!
Seriously will hurt nothing. SIDE NOTE: Your dipstick is not a precision measuring device.
Typically when you overfill the oil, it causes excessive hyperbolic pressure and the engine falls out of the car at 150K. Hopefully no one behind you hits it
Guilty as charged. Most of the time, anyways...
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Won’t hurt a thing. I overfill my tractor 1/3 qt and it runs just fine. Just like most of you, they require 3.7 qts, I just fill with 4.
My Mazda 3 and my Mazda CX-5 specify 4.6-4.8 quarts with filter. 5 quarts in and it will be a touch over half way between min/max holes. I typically just drive it and let it sit overnight. Check it in morning and add maybe .2-.3 o get it to the max hole.
No idead why Mazda doesen't just say 5.2 quarts instead......
The problem with this thread is that folks are commenting as though this car is a little overfilled. It’s massively overfilled. Even if it is the case that there is no detriment to massive overfilling, fixing this situation is trivial.
332mL isn't what I'd call massively overfilled. That's less than a can of soda. It's not like there's an additional gallon of oil in the sump.
Was that number mentioned here? My read on that dipstick is at least a quart over.
I think you are looking at something someone inserted into their response as opposed to the original post.
I'm just paranoid because I used to race a Neon ACR DOHC that required you to lower the oil level to avoid the oil getting into the crank, foaming the oil and killing the bearings.
The first sentence in the first post specifies capacity. The dipstick picture is from another post.
