<VV> Too much oil

[Dave Thompson]

About 1 full quart now. I just now used a cheap fuel siphon down the
dipstick tube and got about a half a quart out. I got more on the driveway
than the pan. I'll try again tomorrow after work when there is some light to
see. 

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: J R Read_HML [mailto:hmlinc at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:19 PM
To: Dave Thompson; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Too much oil

So, how far above full?  If it is 1/2 quart or less, I would not worry about

it.
Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Thompson" <dave.thompson at verizon.net>
To: "'J R Read_HML'" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> OOPS! Too much oil


>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
>
> [SNIP]
> ----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
>
> [SNIP]
>
>
>> 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!!
>>
>>[SNIP]
>> Thanks,
>>
>>> Dave Thompson
>>
>> 63 (wet) spyder vert
>>
>> Westminster, CA
>
>
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