Overfill oil

[Sailored]

What is the effect of too much oil in the engine?

[perchance]

If it is overfull to the point where the crankshaft is dipping into the oil it will probably spew oil out of the engine.

[Hud3]

Originally Posted by perchance

If it is overfull to the point where the crankshaft is dipping into the oil it will probably spew oil out of the engine.

And when it get aspirated back into the air intake in sufficient quatity, you get a runaway engine.

[mikeguyver]

BOOM !

[Terra Nova]

Overfilling can cause foaming and destroy the engine.

[DotDun]

Originally Posted by Terra Nova

Overfilling can cause foaming and destroy the engine.

Your oil pump is unable to pump foamy oil (can't pump air), hence it's the same effect as having no oil.

[Ryan H]

Yeah, what they all said..
Did you do an oil change and forget to pump the old stuff out?

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