Thanks for the quick replies! My brother followed me home and noted no excessive smoke. I inspected the entire engine and there was no signs of oil leaking anywhere including the oil filter housing under the car. All thoughts appreciated. This discussion list has always been a valuable resource! Bob
-----Original Message----- From: Peter Frederick via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> Sent: Thu, Feb 7, 2019 8:05 am Subject: Re: [MBZ] Driving with excessive oil in the engine for 1800 miles!!!!! Possible Issues?? High oil level can result in foaming since the crank will be splashing the oil badly, and that usually results in excess oil consumption through the crankcase breather. Bad enough the oil pressure will drop to next to nothing. Usually accompanied by large amounts of blue smoke since the oil going down the intake doesn't burn very well in a gasser. If the crank wasn't thrashing the oil in the pan, there would be likely no effect at all. I'd check the oil filter housing for signs of oil being tossed up out of the crankcase ventilation system (or wherever the crankcase ventilation system vents back into the intake, might be a vacuum fitting somewhere), but if it didn't blow blue smoke when you drove it home I suspect you got away with it. Damage from oil going down the intake would be excessive deposits on the valves, piston crowns, and in the cats and oxygen sensor, so if it runs well and gets normal milage I'd leave it alone. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
