"Frank Boettcher" <fboettcher@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ub23s11sgve4imk235j9q8i6jv4u51kso6@4ax.com...
> 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.

I'm also assuming the car was on perfectly flat ground both times while
checking? I've found it can vary a little based on where the car is parked
when checking, ie on a slight incline in a driveway.

-Dave