Checked the oil, nothing was showing up on the dipstick and the way the dipstick is step up is that there is two marks, a red mark and a yellow mark 5inches up from that, so logically I figured the oil mark should be between there. I added oil until the residue showed my oil level a bit above the red mark. Then I drove my car around, and one block from my house, and the car dies. Turns out that theres a little notch below the red mark and it actually has some importance, thats were you gauge the oil! I over serviced my car with oil and at the least blew my catalytic converter, so I drained the oil and jump started it, nothing happened. Called my supervisor and he and another Sgt looked at my car. They jump started it again, got it running but there was a whole lot of of white smoke comming out the back. So I drove it around; the check engine light goes out and the car seems fine! Sad thing is Im a AGE mechanic for the USAF and I have to drive to NM from UT in 2 days, will my car be ok?
2006-08-15 03:41:56 · 7 answers · asked by Navi 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I had this happen once at one of those rapid oil change places , they overfilled the ford econoline van I was driving by about 3 quarts . It sounded wrong immediately after starting so I shut it down before leaving their garage and had them recheck it and drain some out. I think if you now have the proper oil level and it sounds normal that you'll be ok , however if it doesn't sound as it did before this happened I recommend you have it checked out.It will smoke a bit until the excess oil is expelled from your exhaust . Otherwise you should be fine and good to go.
2006-08-15 03:57:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it blue smoke was coming out the tail pipe that means your motor is burning oil. This also means the oil is making into the combustion chamber. How would be the big question. Is it the piston rings, the head gasket, or a valve steam seal. Take the car to Miller's Automotive. He is on State street in SLC and have him look it over. If its one of those a little money now could save you from being stranded.
2006-08-15 04:10:26 · answer #2 · answered by uthockey32 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
v-dubs... my beloved first car.
considering the many changes to the bettles over the years- knowing the year would be helpful. i'll assume you dont have the originally engineered "oil bath" air filtration system that has been replaced by after market paper filters (as almost every modern bettle now has). that said- we'll focus on the engine oil.
the VW "Type I" engine (aka pancake engine) was very unique in many ways. first off- there is no (stock) oil filter. ergo chaning oil regularly is critical. the only thing to help filter the oil is a magnetic oil drain plug. due to the cylinders being horizontally opposed it is very very easy for oil to splash into the cyliders (as by its engineering)- if not pour into them from too high an oil level. likewise the oil level affects the oil pressure on the bearings too (somewhat). not good.
again, due to the pancake (horizontally opposed) egine, too much oil could easy cause choking of combustion-- ergo stalling. while i cant see heavy damage from driving with too much oil for only a few hundred miles, i would strongly discourage it. and since too much oil may also have the affect of making the egine run hot- i would also check the valve gaps too (especially cylinder #3).
oil *IS* the life of the Type I VW egine.
2006-08-16 18:35:26 · answer #3 · answered by jimbox 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be fine, and the smoke was probably just the extra oil coming out of the dipstick and sitting on the hot engine...that's why it smoked. If the smoke was coming straight out of your exhaust and nothing else, then it may be something more, but I think you'll be OK on your road-trip.
2006-08-15 04:00:56 · answer #4 · answered by jdm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take it to a dealer or competant mechanic, I quick lube did the same thing to my friends saab, he took it back and they removed the excess oil, a couple of days later he noticed his car was losing a lot of oil, it had blown the front seal, naturally they would not take the blame for the damage, I replaced it for him, seal was only like 16.00. Just check and monitor your oil level for several days.
2006-08-15 06:03:06 · answer #5 · answered by bahn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will be fine once you get the oil level to normal you drive it to reset the sensors and it is back to normal it stalled out because this is a saftey feature on most cars now if you got the oil to normal and drove it til the smoke stopped then the sensors have been reset and it is o.k
have a safe trip
2006-08-15 11:02:50 · answer #6 · answered by firefightingexpert 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you had nothing showing up on the dipstick,...... and actually ran it like that before you noticed..... the "too much oil" deal ain't your problem..... damage to the engine (rings, bores, pistons, cam, crank, connecting rods and bearings) that didn't have any oil is your problem.
2006-08-18 12:13:47 · answer #7 · answered by 572ci. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋