<VV> Too much oil

[Dave Thompson]

EMPTY THE FILTER!! What simple idea! Three guys wrote me with the same idea.


Thanks guys, I'm sure that will do it. 
Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: J R Read_HML [mailto:hmlinc at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:11 PM
To: Dave Thompson
Subject: Re: <VV> Too much oil

OK...  Take the filter off and dump it out.  That's roughly a half quart.
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 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Too much oil


> 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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