Re: [MBZ] Driving with excessive oil in the engine for 1800 miles!!!!! Possible Issues??

2019-02-07 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Sounds like it has a charmed life.   Drive it.  Don't worry. Robert Koziak via Mercedes wrote on 2/7/19 6:35 PM: The air filter housing and filter were dry as a "bone"!  Took the car for a 50 mile ride today and it runs great.  Thanks for the input..I am pretty confident no harm was done.

Re: [MBZ] Driving with excessive oil in the engine for 1800 miles!!!!! Possible Issues??

2019-02-07 Thread Robert Koziak via Mercedes
Cc: Peter Frederick Sent: Thu, Feb 7, 2019 7:04 pm Subject: Re: [MBZ] Driving with excessive oil in the engine for 1800 miles! Possible Issues?? I did indeed intend to say "air filter housing". Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To searc

Re: [MBZ] Driving with excessive oil in the engine for 1800 miles!!!!! Possible Issues??

2019-02-07 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
I did indeed intend to say "air filter housing". Peter ___ 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

Re: [MBZ] Driving with excessive oil in the engine for 1800 miles!!!!! Possible Issues??

2019-02-07 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> > > Robert wrote: > > > > > >  I recently purchased a 2014 Honda CRV. > > > It looks like the repair shop apparently overfilled the oil > > > during that change. > > Peter wrote: > > > > I'd check the oil filter housing for signs of oil being tossed > > up out of the crankcase ventilation syste

Re: [MBZ] Driving with excessive oil in the engine for 1800 miles!!!!! Possible Issues??

2019-02-07 Thread Robert Koziak via Mercedes
resource! Bob -Original Message- From: Peter Frederick via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Peter Frederick 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

Re: [MBZ] Driving with excessive oil in the engine for 1800 miles!!!!! Possible Issues??

2019-02-07 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
I know nothing about current rice burner engines, but I'd guess you are good to go.   If excess oil had caused a problem, I would guess it would be evident in the form of blown out seals or some similar escape route for the oil. Robert Koziak via Mercedes wrote on 2/7/19 5:38 AM: Hi All,    

Re: [MBZ] Driving with excessive oil in the engine for 1800 miles!!!!! Possible Issues??

2019-02-07 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
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 go

[MBZ] Driving with excessive oil in the engine for 1800 miles!!!!! Possible Issues??

2019-02-07 Thread Robert Koziak via Mercedes
Hi All,      Sorry this issue is not related to my two Mercedes but there is no better place to ask for advice       I recently purchased a 2014 Honda CRV with 14K through an estate sale.  I know the family well so it's history is confirmed a one owner, no accident, low