E Meyer wrote:
> On 1/8/06 12:06 PM, in article ckk2s1t05v7c7pdfcp15hsee6jmgctq952@4ax.com,
> "Frank Boettcher" <fboettcher@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Son has 94 accord four cylinder VTEC. Was visiting for the holidays.
>>As he was warming up the car to start back I asked if he had checked
>>oil. He said, no good idea so we turned off the engine waited about
>>two minutes and then checked. Showed more than a quart low. He was
>>alarmed but had just driven over a thousand miles on a high mileage
>>engine and assumed he had burned some. Put a quart in and checked it
>>again and it showed within the two dipstick holes about three quarters
>>of a way to the top hole.
>>
>>He called me on the road when he had stopped for lunch and said the
>>dipstick then showed about a quarter inch over the full hole
>>indicating probably a half quart or so too much. The engine on this
>>check had been off for about thirty minutes. We assumed full drain
>>back from the head and any other crevices in the engine.
>>
>>question:
>>
>>How long should you wait to get a reasonably accurate reading on a
>>fully warm engine after turning it off?
>>
>>Is a half quart too much a problem. Should he drain it back to
>>protect the seals?
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>Frank
>>
>>
>
>
> Not enough to worry about. I wouldn't do anything. How long since the last
> oil change? When the level suddenly goes up like that, the first suspect is
> that the oil filter is full & has gone into bypass mode.
>
eh? the oil filer is full as soon as the pump starts working - assuming
there's enough oil to reach the scavenger pipe and fill the pump.