Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 09:17:59 -0700
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Diesel - too much oil saga
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The idea to go to the manual and get the proper capacity from the specs,
then fill the engine and mark the dipstick...that will solve the problem of
overfilling.
Expecting that shop to 'make good' for damage to a motor they filled to
"the mark"? That might be difficult and actually a bit unreasonable. They
can't be expected to double-check everything to make sure the vehicle they
are working on conforms to the specs it is supposed to have. When you get a
vehicle to work on you can reasonably expect it to be accurately
configured. A miss-marked dipstick is not something any mechanic "must"
anticipate in his normal trade.
Don Hanson
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why not just determine how much oil that engine is supposed to hold
> at full (5 quarts?), fill it and mark the dip stick? Be sure that you hold
>
> the shop that did the oil change responsible/liable for what they done
> IF the trouble turns out to be related to the overfilling. They should
> not have taken your business if they didn't know what they were doing
> so they have no excuse for their liable behavior.
>
> bob
>
> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Peter K <bybike@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've read the threads about too much oil with great interest as I took my
> > westy in for its first oil change here in Toronto. She has a 1.9 turbo
> > diesel from a 94 jetta, and the dipstick isn't "normal" in that a proper
> > level of oil is below the low mark. The shop put over 6 liters of oil in
> > her, topping it up to the full mark, and when I drove her it wasn't long
> > before she blew oil out, then promptly sucked it back in thru the turbo
> and
> > ran wild for a full minute (even with the ignition shut off). Max revs,
> > first a blue cloud and then a black one, and then she finally stopped.
> >
> > Now she's very hard to start, appears to be pumping oil into the
> cylinders
> > and when she does fire up it's with a big blue cloud. Once the engine is
> > warm, it runs fine and will start fine. However she is on a steady diet
> of
> > oil (at least 1 liter every few hundred miles). She's in the shop now,
> > thought I'd ask here what people suspect might have blown... Mike said he
> > will start with a compression test.
> >
> > I suspect the glow plugs are fouled, and some piston ring damage.
> >
> > As a side question, anyone know where i can get a longer dipstick? Or
> > confirm what the correct one is so I can avoid this in the future?
> >
> > sigh
> >
> > --
> > Regards, Peter Kraiker
> > studiofstop.com
> > '82 Westfalia 1.9TD
> >
>
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