Check oil level after service A
03-24-2011, 01:36 PM
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Check oil level after service A
So, I got my first service done last week. Service A. Got the car back with a significantly rougher idle. Did some searching on the forums, and found a few guys who had too much oil after this service causing rough idle. I went, and checked my oil level today, and sure enough it was more than a quart overfilled!!!! I sucked it out with the MitiVac through the dipstick hole, and the idle is normal again.
Guys, check your level after service A, or any oil service!! Sucks that we as overly paying customers for this oil change have to deal with this.
-Walter
Guys, check your level after service A, or any oil service!! Sucks that we as overly paying customers for this oil change have to deal with this.
-Walter
03-24-2011, 02:23 PM
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That's way some of us do our own servicing. Not because were cheap, it is bacuse we desire perfection. 
But this is a typical issue, as they don't account for the excess oil in the oil coolers. I drain everything.
But this is a typical issue, as they don't account for the excess oil in the oil coolers. I drain everything.
03-25-2011, 05:19 AM
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I think that, that particular dealers extracted the oil from the dipstick. We all know that you don't get all the oil out, that way. so when they refill it, you have access oil in the car, and it runs rough.
