So I just noticed the oil gauge(?) is all the way to the top. I’m thinking the dealer put too much in when they changed it. To be clear all bars are full and it’s past the upper level with the downward pointing arrow.
You can remove some without making a mess by just unscrewing the canister and emptying what was in there.
Understood. Then just start the motor to refill the canister if necessary ?
My dealer did that and I had to turn the car around and bring it back. Last time I had them change my oil. I don't trust them anymore. But just because all the bars are full does not mean an overfill; if there is an overfill condition you will get a warning message in the binnacle.
I read that around the forum but wasn’t sure the 2007 had the same warning. I see nothing in the manual about it.
I'm not sure we get that warning on the 987.1.
First of all, make sure you have a level place to check your oil. Check it in the same place every time.
Then I would suggest you empty the container, then drive the car a bit. Park it in your same level spot, and let it cool down to recheck. You may have to repeat that process.
The common wisdom is to have it filled to the line below the top one on the gauge.
Yes, it should look like this:
At this level, it has plenty of oil but is not in danger of being too full.
The oil over fill in 987.1 point to the IMS bearing seals. We only know that a good sealed bearing with bearing grease should not be contaminated with engine oil, even clean oil. So, how much overfill creates this issue? Who knows. 1/4 qt overfill will most likely will not be an issue as the IMS bearing is not exposed to the oil sump. I ran 6 months with a simular situation before I had a LN 2 1/2 qt deep sump installed. Every day, when I started, the oil fill indicator went to the top. Finally my engine burnt enough oil that it finally showed completely full. No residual IMS issues from a year ago overfill.
I live in the Pacific NW, where there is plenty of moisture in the air, which means the oil gets moisture as well. I see this moisture as my oil level in the sump actually raises during the winter months, which I try to burn off by heating up the oil close to the boiling point of water to be evacuated by the AOS into the engine and burnt. Another reason not to overfill, but if you live in Arizona, not a problem.
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