<VV> OOPS! Too much oil

[Dave Thompson]

I can see how much oil is in there on the dipstick. My son just didn't look
hard enough. I was hoping to be able to remove the extra oil without
draining the whole thing. The pan that I have just isn't clean enough to put
the oil back in. (I know, just go down and purchase a new pan)

The oil filler cap doesn't stay on. You can twist it all the way around. I
have bent the tabs several times to fix it but it doesn't last more than a
few hundred miles. I am guessing that with the extra oil, the pressure
pushed the cap off. I will purchase a new cap this week.

Dave

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----Original Message-----
From: J R Read_HML [mailto:hmlinc at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 6:45 PM
To: Dave Thompson; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> OOPS! Too much oil

You are probably OK, but now you don't know how much oil is in it or even if

he had put the cap back on.  I doubt that it unscrewed itself.  You can 
guesstimate by how far above the full mark it is showing at this time.  The 
space on the dipstick between "add" and "full" is one quart - so use that as

a reference.

I think I'd drain it all into a nice clean pan and then add back until the 
full mark is reached - which should be roughly 4 quarts.  I don't see  a 
need to remove or drain the filter unless you see that it has developed a 
problem.

Later, JR

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> Last Saturday, I changed my oil & filter in my 63 Spyder. My son borrowed
> the car yesterday and drove it about 80 miles on the freeway. Tonight, I
> went to drive it and by habit, I went to check the oil. The oil filler cap
> was down in the bottom of the engine compartment and everything was 
> covered
> with oil, along with some puddles here and there, even in the spare tire. 
> I
> check the oil and found it to be about a quart above full. When I asked my
> son about it he said "Yea, you were so low on oil that it didn't register 
> on
> the dip stick so I put in the two quarts that were in the shop." I took 
> him
> out and showed him that new oil is so clear that it is very hard to see on
> the chrome dipstick. He said "Oh S#$t!!
>
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> Thanks,
>
>> Dave Thompson
>
> 63 (wet) spyder vert
>
> Westminster, CA