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Too much oil in the engine
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Nubli
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Jul 9, 2008, 12:06 PM
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Too much oil in the engine
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Plain and simple, I filled my engine with too much oil and within a few minutes I was shooting blueish/white smoke all over the road. Once we got the oil drained and refilled it, the check engine light wouldn't go off. A local mechanic figures one of the cylinders was shut off (not sure how this would be accomplished) as a fail-safe method, which would mean my car is running at 3/4 power (4 cylinder engine, Mazda 3.) The engine shakes pretty hard so this theory might be legit. The mechanic also thinks that oil might have sloshed into the engine-fume regulator, working its way back to some critical sensors, or maybe a spark plug was lubed up, causing it to misfire or fail-safe.
I take it into the shop tomorrow and was wondering what else might be the problem if none of the above come to be true? I rely heavily on my car and need it back in tip top shape a.s.a.p.!
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Tom Greenleaf
Ultimate Carjunky
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Jul 10, 2008, 4:58 AM
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Re: Too much oil in the engine
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It'll take some diagnosis to find out how much was damaged. There's no "fail safe" thing for this - it was too full and splashing where it shouldn't. Maybe if you are lucky replacing spark plugs - check the one if just one for compression and if low check them all. The "check engine" is probably o2 sensers gone nuts and may or may not clear.
Note: One of four cylinders down is not 3/4 power left. It throws it off so much it's more like half power and not good to run it that way at all,
T
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