Engine Oil Overfilled?

[BlueOx2500]

Is this overfilled? Had my dealer do the oil change recently and it was clear when I checked it after drive home and it was hard to tell the level but I suspected it was overfull then. Now about 500 miles on it and the stick looks like this. Doesn't matter if I check it cold after sitting all night, 5 mins after warm up or 30 mins after warm up it reads above the safe mark. I believe the surface of my garage is level. Is this a problem big enough to warrant draining some out? I don't have reason to believe there is fuel in the oil at this point. This seems to be a semi-common issue when searching the internet and searching these forums I could not find anything substantial. Thanks

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

Nothing to worry about at that its likely only 1/2 a Qt over

 

[Lettikka]

Depends on how your brain is. H3 is probably right from a functional standpoint... However it has to be at the top of the "safe" mark for me. The fact that you posted this means that you are probably a little up tight about that sort of stuff too.

 

[gprguy]

Eh, I'd advise caution. I overfilled my 2018 by not that much and once the truck had to do some real work it blew oil through the crank case filter (soaking it, ruining it), up the breather tube to the air pipe in front of the turbo, soaking the foam noise insulator and even all the way back to the air box soaking my filter.

Thought I had blown the turbo oil seals at first, but it was just an overfill and not by all that much. Since then I am very cautious, even if it means draining a little out after the oil settles. I have one of those fumoto valves which makes that easy.

 

[Brutal_HO]

Eh, I'd advise caution. I overfilled my 2018 by not that much and once the truck had to do some real work it blew oil through the crank case filter (soaking it, ruining it), up the breather tube to the air pipe in front of the turbo, soaking the foam noise insulator and even all the way back to the air box soaking my filter.

Thought I had blown the turbo oil seals at first, but it was just an overfill and not by all that much. Since then I am very cautious, even if it means draining a little out after the oil settles. I have one of those fumoto valves which makes that easy.

This ^

Not a fan of overfilling. IMHO it's worse than slightly under. 1/2qt is probably OK, but a full qt over isn't good.

I have a vacuum pump I use to "drain" the oil form my jetski boat engines, I'd use that and just suck out the .5-1qt it's overfilled.

 

[BlueOx2500]

Depends on how your brain is. H3 is probably right from a functional standpoint... However it has to be at the top of the "safe" mark for me. The fact that you posted this means that you are probably a little up tight about that sort of stuff too.

I just don't want any problems/damage. Whatever that takes.

 

[BlueOx2500]

This ^

Not a fan of overfilling. IMHO it's worse than slightly under. 1/2qt is probably OK, but a full qt over isn't good.

I have a vacuum pump I use to "drain" the oil form my jetski boat engines, I'd use that and just suck out the .5-1qt it's overfilled.

Yeah, thanks, I guess I'm going to have to make the dealer guys remove it - I just don't have the capability and they're the ones that messed it up in the first place.

 

[BlueOx2500]

Eh, I'd advise caution. I overfilled my 2018 by not that much and once the truck had to do some real work it blew oil through the crank case filter (soaking it, ruining it), up the breather tube to the air pipe in front of the turbo, soaking the foam noise insulator and even all the way back to the air box soaking my filter.

Thought I had blown the turbo oil seals at first, but it was just an overfill and not by all that much. Since then I am very cautious, even if it means draining a little out after the oil settles. I have one of those fumoto valves which makes that easy.

I wonder if warranty will cover it, especially since my dealer did it...

 

[tyler2you]

It something like that did happen, it wouldn't be the result of a manufacturer's defect, so the warranty wouldn't cover. The dealer should cover the repairs on their dime since they're the ones that caused the issue.

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

I wonder if warranty will cover it, especially since my dealer did it...

Wont be warranty but they will likely drain some for you. You paid for a service they should make it right.

 

[firemansdiesel]

I imagine the dealer was quick with the oil change and did not let it drain for very long. Also most dealer oil changers are just promoted from sweeping the floors and parts gopher. It takes awhile to drain.

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

I imagine the dealer was quick with the oil change and did not let it drain for very long. Also most dealer oil changers are just promoted from sweeping the floors and parts gopher. It takes awhile to drain.

You can let it drain all night and it still wont drain everything but the kids filling it should be checking it as they go not just putting 12qts in and hoping for the best

 

[gprguy]

I wonder if warranty will cover it, especially since my dealer did it...

Don't know, but in my case it didn't even show up right away. I had thousands of miles on the oil change driving unloaded without any issue. First time I loaded up my camper and the truck did some work it dinged about the MAF sensor being bad or needing cleaning. Somehow, I can only assume the exhaust brake doing real work, caused the oil to blow backwards up the intake to the air filter.

 

[gprguy]

The crank case filter has a hose that goes to the air box thats where the oil would go through the air filter then through turbo it will not go backwards through the intake unless the engine was running backwards…

While I appreciate that could be how your 2019 is plumbed, it's not how my 2018 is. The CCV goes to directly before the turbo, and somehow the oil worked its way backwards. There are no vents into the airbox on either side of the filter.

Clearly my engine wasn't turning backwards.

Either way - just trying to provide some useful info to the OP, I have zero interest in arguing about what happened to me.

 

[GBB]

At oil changes I let it drain till it quits dripping then only put in 11 1/2 quart drive it and check oil level the next morning.