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Here's an example of how a do it yourselfer or even a shop could end up over filling the crank case during an oil change. Drop the oil on ether an almost cold engine or they did warm it up as it was a vehicle that sat in a lineup of vehicles that require repairs, they drop the oil and let that drip out as they then proceed onto do other repairs and finally lowered down off the lift and fill the now cold engine with oil, run it the half minute or less, turn off and are in a rush and check the oil level and its low ( cold engine and cold oil haven't had a chance to all drain back to the pan ) so they add oil until its at the full mark on the dipstick and then close the hood and send it out the door. The owner of the vehicle if they don't check it or seldom check it would not have a clue that the oil started out being above full. Same scenario with the do it yourselfer that is too quick to check the oil after running the engine and tops it off and never checks it again for some thousands of miles and finds the oil at or near the full mark and is impressed his vehicle uses no oil when in fact it does use some but the technique of the oil change allowed for an over fill and was not rechecked hours later to confirm the level with a cold engine and oil that had all drained back to the pan. And the thing is, its easily done if not realizing or just in a hurry and in shops time is money so there is no waiting around hours for the oil to finally drain down on a cold engine. -
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Probably should check it while running. Like an auto transmission. Record it and check it from there.
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Wow, what a swing on the dipstick between hot and completely cold!
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