Honda Car Forum

"Chris Garcia" <NcOhSrPiAsM@chrisgarcia.com> wrote in message
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> "lastnn30" <lastnn30@yahoo.com> decided to join the conversation on 04
> Aug 2003 with message
> news:W%tXa.42497$4UE.18167@news01.bloor.is.net.cab le.rogers.com:
>
> > yes I had good adivces and i appareciate that.. but I do not recall
> > anyone tell me how much. From where I bought the oil, the guy told me
> > put 4L!! Now I guess I have to go down the car again
>
> that'd be a good idea.. i've read that too much oil can be a bad thing...
> (if someone else could elaborate on why?) ... plus not having a washer is
> bad too..

The crankshaft will whip the oil into a froth, because the oil is too clse
to the crank. Froth is not a good lubricant.

It's perfectly fine to put 4L in there. Don't worry about it, most
honda shops will actually do the excat same thing if you take your car
in to have the oil changed. You're not going to damage your engine
untill you start putting 5L or more in there

On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 14:23:50 GMT, "lastnn30" <lastnn30@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>yes I had good adivces and i appareciate that.. but I do not recall anyone
>tell me how much. From where I bought the oil, the guy told me put 4L!!
>Now I guess I have to go down the car again
>
>"Chris Garcia" <NcOhSrPiAsM@chrisgarcia.com> wrote in message
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>> "Robert" <rsvn@yahoo.com> decided to join the conversation on 04 Aug 2003
>> with message news:1KtXa.146455$hV.9556485@twister.austin.rr.com :
>>
>> > Chris, I think 2.5 is too low, add 3, then go from there
>> > but he was told several times to check the manual and he didn't do it,
>he
>> > had good advice before he started
>>
>> yeah, i thought it was a bit low too... i was just quoting what was said..
>> which is still less than 4
>>
>> but yes, i agree he had a lot of good advice before he started.
>>
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On what basis do you say that? Where does the 5L figure come from? My
impression has always been that you never want the oil above the
maximum line. That's why there is a maximum. I don't believe that all
dealers hand back a car with the oil above the maximum line.

On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 09:44:22 -0700, Anarchy <nospam@nospam.net> wrote:

>It's perfectly fine to put 4L in there. Don't worry about it, most
>honda shops will actually do the excat same thing if you take your car
>in to have the oil changed. You're not going to damage your engine
>untill you start putting 5L or more in there
>

I'd definately drain it back down to normal level.

"lastnn30" <lastnn30@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> I changed the oil of my Civic 2001, I added 4L, now when I check the oil
> level, I see it is above the limit, above the second hole in the
dipstick??
> I thought my car takes 4L. What should I do now? I am scared to be honest?
>
> Another question about the transmission oil, I tried hard to find where is
> the "filling bolt" then I might find it, but I want to ask, is it the one
in
> the left hand side, I mean it is in the other side of the front, not where
> the engine oil bolt is, but in another side? am I right. Thanks a lot.
>
>

Hi,
Filter will soak up a little.
Tony

SoCalMike wrote:
> "lastnn30" <lastnn30@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> newsOsXa.42166$4UE.34728@news01.bloor.is.net.cab le.rogers.com...
>
>>Hi
>>I changed the oil of my Civic 2001, I added 4L, now when I check the oil
>>level, I see it is above the limit, above the second hole in the
>
> dipstick??
>
>>I thought my car takes 4L. What should I do now? I am scared to be honest?
>
>
> how much over the mark? a millimeter or two over should be no big deal. i
> put 4 quarts in mine, and its ok
>
>

Warm up the car then take a length of aquarium air line stick it into your
dipstick hole, suck up oil into the hose and siphon out a half liter. If
you're scare, stick one end into a turkey baster and suck up the oil. and
put it back into the bottle.

If you're a little lazier, take the oil cover off, stick a plastic bottle
with a large opening or cut an opening into a milk carton, over the hole and
start the engine, rev it a little and let the spray go into the bottle,
you'll have to tilt the bottle to hold some but you'll get a half a liter
out eventually
"lastnn30" <lastnn30@yahoo.com> wrote in message
newsOsXa.42166$4UE.34728@news01.bloor.is.net.cab le.rogers.com...
> Hi
> I changed the oil of my Civic 2001, I added 4L, now when I check the oil
> level, I see it is above the limit, above the second hole in the
dipstick??
> I thought my car takes 4L. What should I do now? I am scared to be honest?
>
> Another question about the transmission oil, I tried hard to find where is
> the "filling bolt" then I might find it, but I want to ask, is it the one
in
> the left hand side, I mean it is in the other side of the front, not where
> the engine oil bolt is, but in another side? am I right. Thanks a lot.
>
>

TL <tlehman@visi.com> wrote:

> My
> impression has always been that you never want the oil above the
> maximum line. That's why there is a maximum.

There is always a little bit of safety built-in. How much of a margin,
that's the question :-).

On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 14:35:42 -0500, TL <tlehman@visi.com> wrote:

>On what basis do you say that? Where does the 5L figure come from? My
>impression has always been that you never want the oil above the
>maximum line. That's why there is a maximum. I don't believe that all
>dealers hand back a car with the oil above the maximum line.
>
>On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 09:44:22 -0700, Anarchy <nospam@nospam.net> wrote:
>
>>It's perfectly fine to put 4L in there. Don't worry about it, most
>>honda shops will actually do the excat same thing if you take your car
>>in to have the oil changed. You're not going to damage your engine
>>untill you start putting 5L or more in there
>>


There's a safety margin built in.

"TL" <tlehman@visi.com> wrote in message
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> Someone earlier in this thread suggested simply changing the filter.
> That seems like a good way to easily reduce the volume of oil. My
> understanding is that the filter holds something like a 1/2 quart of
> oil. Is that right?

Yep. Only cost him a new CTC filter, about 5 bucks.

This is assuming he hasn't started it yet, and hasn't filled the filter. I
trust by now, he has, though...and rechecked the oil level correctly.

There's a first time for everyone.



Avoids having to try to partially drain the oil
> which is a real pain or the syphoning approach which seems pretty
> tedious.
>
> On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 19:39:43 GMT, fammacd=!SPAM^nothanks@tellurian.com
> (George Macdonald) wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 13:01:23 GMT, "lastnn30" <lastnn30@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Hi
> >>I changed the oil of my Civic 2001, I added 4L, now when I check the oil
> >>level, I see it is above the limit, above the second hole in the
dipstick??
> >>I thought my car takes 4L. What should I do now? I am scared to be
honest?
> >
> >You overfilled - the 4L is for a dry engine after
disassembly/reassembly -
> >and yes drain back to the max mark... with the car level. I can't figure
> >why you didn't do this in the first place - IOW add 3L and measure with
> >dipstick... now add till up to max mark. For your other question about
the
> >washer, there should be one on the drain plug - sometimes they stick to
the
> >plug, especially if overtightened.
> >
> >>Another question about the transmission oil, I tried hard to find where
is
> >>the "filling bolt" then I might find it, but I want to ask, is it the
one in
> >>the left hand side, I mean it is in the other side of the front, not
where
> >>the engine oil bolt is, but in another side? am I right. Thanks a lot.
> >
> >http://home.cinci.rr.com/mistab0ne/P...oil_holes2.jpg
> >
> >Rgds, George Macdonald
> >
> >"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who,
me??
>

Have a 200 EV V6 Accord. I believe that manual calls for 3.5 qt. Dealer
feeds via a nozzle and has been putting in 4 qts. I keep calling it to his
attention as it always shows up on the dip stick as about 0.5 qts above the
full mark. Once after a rude mechanic said "so what do you want me to do
about it?" I had him drain out the excess.
MLD
"Bebop" <SP@M.com> wrote in message news:1fz7448.1y75shq1l1nuigN%SP@M.com...
> TL <tlehman@visi.com> wrote:
>
> > My
> > impression has always been that you never want the oil above the
> > maximum line. That's why there is a maximum.
>
> There is always a little bit of safety built-in. How much of a margin,
> that's the question :-).