What happens if you run an extra quart of oil?
You most likely will not cause damage by running only an extra quart. Many people racing with stock oil pans will run half a quart to a quart of extra oil to prevent the oil pump pickup from drawing in air under racing conditions. Under sustained high RPM, oil can be pumped out of the sump faster than it can drain back.
Can you put an extra quart of oil in your car?
Remember not to use the “suck start” siphoning method as you don’t want a mouthful of oil. If you have a long enough piece of tubing, you can stick the excess down the dipstick tube, put your thumb over the end, pull out the slack (that is now full of oil) and you’ll have an immediate siphon.
Can a car dealership give you free oil changes?
RAY: And by the way, your dealership should be giving you free oil changes for life. If you led it to discover that it was giving away an extra quarter of a quart of oil with every oil change, think of all the money you’re now saving the dealership on oil!
When to drain excess oil from your engine?
Sometimes you do not know if you or the mechanic have overfilled your engine oil. But if you have some of these symptoms, there might be a risk that your engine oil is overfilled. Now that you know that the engine is filled with extra oil, it is time to drain the excess oil.
You most likely will not cause damage by running only an extra quart. Many people racing with stock oil pans will run half a quart to a quart of extra oil to prevent the oil pump pickup from drawing in air under racing conditions. Under sustained high RPM, oil can be pumped out of the sump faster than it can drain back.
Remember not to use the “suck start” siphoning method as you don’t want a mouthful of oil. If you have a long enough piece of tubing, you can stick the excess down the dipstick tube, put your thumb over the end, pull out the slack (that is now full of oil) and you’ll have an immediate siphon.
How many quarts of oil does the owner’s manual say?
Oil capacity re owners manual is 5 quarts. My mechanic filled it with 6 quarts saying that the oil filter holds a quart and it won’t be overfull and won’t hurt the car. The dipstick now reads right on max. Does filling it with 6 quarts hurt the car? First, if the owner’s manual says that it takes 5 qts.
Where does the extra oil go in a Mercury?
No. It won’t hurt anything. The oil pan in your Mercury has a double sump. The crossmember passes between the two sumps. The forward sump just holds extra oil and spills into the rearward sump when accelerating from a stop. The rear sump is where the oil pump is located. So an extra quart of oil in these engines is no big deal.