Overfilled oil

[Philwild]

A friend of mine (ahem ) has an E30 325i Cab being a bit of a bell end, he has overfilled the oil slightly.

The oil level is now about 5-7mm above the max mark on the dipstick and you get a nice cloud of blue smoke on startup which stops soon after.

Have I - I mean has he - buggered anything up?

[rj]

An over filled engine can create problems, so "your friend" would be advised to drain some of the oil out to correct the excess amount.

[bilun777]

Ditto, drain some out,thats over 2 inches and if the crank webs or conrods are running in it He'll have alot of black air filled mayonnaise being pumped around the engine......not good...

[Chase007]

Jack it up and pull the plug on the sump it is not that hard trigger!

[Philwild]

Thanks Chase - I realise that I need to drain some out....I'm not quite in Trigger's league.

Its just that I cant do it until I get home and I need to drive the car to get it home. I was wondering if it would bugger it up driving it.

[Philwild]

BTW, it looks like Bilun777 may have thought i said 57mm over max. It is 5 to 7 mm over so not quite that bad.

I only noticed the puff of smoke at work this morning when I started it. I assume that once some has been drained out, the extra will burn off and the puff of smoke will dissapear?

[march109]

Yeah it should, can't you borrow beg or steal a spanner at work to sort it now though? you litterally only need to drain out a bit of oil. 5-7 mm is probably only a couple hundred mm, could catch it in an old milk bottle.

[Philwild]

Yeah, I'll see what I can do. I work in an office so might be tricky!

Cheers guys, I hope I haven't broken it!

[DanThe]

5-7 mm is probably only a couple hundred mm, could catch it in an old milk bottle.

millilitre even?

Personally, I would leave it. Being an M20 it wont be in there for long

[bilun777]

BTW, it looks like Bilun777 may have thought i said 57mm over max. It is 5 to 7 mm over so not quite that bad.

I only noticed the puff of smoke at work this morning when I started it. I assume that once some has been drained out, the extra will burn off and the
puff of smoke will dissapear?

Yes you're right.... I wondered how you could have accidentally put in half a gallon of oil?

[Philwild]

I didn't manage to drain some off at work so had to drive it home. No puff of smoke at start up so looks like DanThe is correct! S'all good....

[Chase007]

Ok Philwild i will retract that i did think by reading 2 fast and seeing Bilun777 think near 2inches it was more, Ok next time do your maths before u act lol