So I go over to my friend's house the other day and he had just done an oil change himself. He has a 4.5 quart sump, and what he usually does is he buys a gallon jug (4 quarts) and then a single quart bottle and dumps it all in.
This time I asked him how much he paid for the gallon jug, and his price was a little higher given the plain dino he got. I look at the jug to see what kind he got and I see that it was a 5 quart jug instead of the gallon. So he ended up putting 6 quarts in his engine not knowing he got the bigger jug.
We jacked up the car and drained out 1 quart of it, but he had been running that amount for at least a week or so.
So is there any concern about running this much over the correct amount or do most engines have a wide allowance for overfilling?
This time I asked him how much he paid for the gallon jug, and his price was a little higher given the plain dino he got. I look at the jug to see what kind he got and I see that it was a 5 quart jug instead of the gallon. So he ended up putting 6 quarts in his engine not knowing he got the bigger jug.
We jacked up the car and drained out 1 quart of it, but he had been running that amount for at least a week or so.
So is there any concern about running this much over the correct amount or do most engines have a wide allowance for overfilling?