[C320-list] Too much oil?

[Jack McDonough]

Good advice. I don't want a run-on engine, that's for sure. Thank you.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marshall" <marshall at merry-thought.com>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Too much oil?


> To much oil in the crankcase can cause a run on engine. I would pull oil 
> out until you are between the high and low marks. You may have started and 
> stopped the engine successfully so far but if the engine starts using 
> crankcase oil as fuel the situation can get ugly fast.
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID
>
> Jack McDonough <mcdonough5 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>Two questions:
>>
>>1. I changed the oil last week and the level is now about 1/4 of an inch 
>>above the top line of the dip stick. Not good to overfill, I know. I'm 
>>thinking I can siphon enough off with the copper tube I use with my 
>>extraction pump. (You know, like you can put your finger on the end of a 
>>straw to draw water out of a glass?) But is 1/4" over the line critical?
>>
>>2. The line at the bottom of the transmission dip stick is only about 1/4" 
>>from the bottom of the stick. Is that where the fluid should be? I can 
>>never remember that one -- and it's nearly impossible to see the level 
>>anyway.
>>
>>Jack
>>#947