I don't know what I was thinking at the time I got distracted by my six year old and put 6 quarts of oil in my 2012 V6 Pathfinder when it only calls for 5 & 3/8 quarts. It only looks a little above the stick is this a problem?
Overfill?
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You'll be fine,no worries.
some dealers seem to overfill the crankcase all the time
You might search for "overfill" if you want to know the hundreds of posts already related to this....
Your perfectly fine. My car takes 4.5 quarts. Been putting in a 5 quart.
I always put 5 quart jug in my Buick it takes 4.5 no problems unless I'm re using the filter then I'll put less.
Start your car, let it run for a few minutes. Pull the dipstick. Is it foamy? If no, then no problems
That shouldn't be enough of an overfill to be an issue. FWIW, I overfilled the 2003 Malibu I maintained by 1/2 quart for years and it never caused an issue at all.
I accidentally overfilled my last change by a pint, it's about 3/8" over the max line but haven't had any troubles 
I think you have to go about a quart or more over before you have any problems, especially since a lot of the oil is circulating round your engine and not sitting in the sump while it's running
I think you have to go about a quart or more over before you have any problems, especially since a lot of the oil is circulating round your engine and not sitting in the sump while it's runningYou can even run Ford small block V8's a quart heavy. (i.e 7 quarts instead of 6)
The only time the oil will get air whipped into it is after 2 quarts too much.
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6 instead of 5 & 3/8 quarts? LOL! C'mon, man! What do you think that stick reads while ascending/decending a 10% grade in your SUV? I bet you never gave it a thought.
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