On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 20:33:47 GMT, E Meyer <epmeyer50@msn.com> 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.


Oil was changed just before he came to my house. Trip is just over a
thousand miles, so filter was relatively new. Oil looked clean.