Oil anyone?? Made a little mistake...

msunickb · 04-20-2003, 09:31 PM

Alright, I just read something here last night that surprised me, and unfortunately, worried me a bit. I bought this car about 3 weeks ago and changed the oil the first day I had it and was very surprised to see that only about .8 of a quart came out. Of course, being an idiot, I assumed there was only that much oil in the car which really pissed me off.

Well now that I read last night that you should "loosen both drain plugs when you change oil and filter" and "The front plug will only drain about 3/4 quart" I realize I probably have like 9 quarts of oil in my engine...not good!

Anyway, I have put about 500 miles on it sense I changed the oil and I want to be sure I didn't screw anything up. If that was going to affect something negatively, what would it affect?

Thanks for the advice and for helping the moron...

Sicy Stang · 04-20-2003, 10:52 PM

Yikes! Well I guess if you dont have oil all over the place you're not in that bad of shape! It didnt over flow out the dipstick tube when you filled it? I had a friend that overfilled his oil once and oil was just comin out everywhere after he drove it...

dustang90 · 04-20-2003, 10:58 PM

The only thing that would happen is you would burn some oil, and get oil on your plugs, change your plugs and that should be it. Can't thing of what else it should do

Philossifer · 04-20-2003, 11:04 PM

I had a (non-mechanical) friend call me one day because he couldn't understand where all his oil was going!

My buddy (Loui) decided to change his own oil on that day.... After adding five quarts of oil with nothing on the dipstick, Loui broke down and phoned me.

I rushed over to his house and found a puddle of oil on the grass below his car.

Poor Loui forgot to re-install the drain plugs! Amazingly, he never bothered to look under the car; he just kept adding oil, quart after quart.

That was several years ago and I still "Raz" him about it!
Phil

msunickb · 04-20-2003, 11:13 PM

Nope...nothing overflowed at all. Coincidentally I noticed when I started the car yesterday to back it out of the garage to wash it a puff of whitish (oil) smoke came out of the exhaust, first time I had seen that, but didn't think anything of it.

I'll grab some plugs and oil the next dry day we have here and get that stuff changed.

Also, while I'm at it I'll change the pcv valve, I looked for just a couple seconds the other day and didn't see where it was at. Could you tell me where that is at too?

Thanks a lot.

MEDIK418 · 04-20-2003, 11:40 PM

The PCV valve is way back behind the upper manifold. There is a hole in the lower manifold way in the back where the valve sits. It's a lot of fun to get to but nimble fingers will prevail.

msunickb · 04-20-2003, 11:46 PM

Oh good. I was hoping you say something like "it is very easy, just like the 95 prelude you had" but of course, that isn't the case.

Thanks, I'll take a looksie probably on Wednesday, supposed to rain Monday and possible snow flurries on Tuesday, woo hoo!! (sarcastic, very sarcastic)

Thanks again, I appreciate you guys putting up with me.

p.s. I just bid on the Chilton manual for my car, hopefully that will help me with this type of stuff.

04-20-2003, 09:31 PM	#1
msunickb Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 33	Oil anyone?? Made a little mistake... Alright, I just read something here last night that surprised me, and unfortunately, worried me a bit. I bought this car about 3 weeks ago and changed the oil the first day I had it and was very surprised to see that only about .8 of a quart came out. Of course, being an idiot, I assumed there was only that much oil in the car which really pissed me off. Well now that I read last night that you should "loosen both drain plugs when you change oil and filter" and "The front plug will only drain about 3/4 quart" I realize I probably have like 9 quarts of oil in my engine...not good! Anyway, I have put about 500 miles on it sense I changed the oil and I want to be sure I didn't screw anything up. If that was going to affect something negatively, what would it affect? Thanks for the advice and for helping the moron... __________________ Nick 1995 Mustang GT Convertible

04-20-2003, 10:58 PM	#3
dustang90 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blue Springs Mo Posts: 39	The only thing that would happen is you would burn some oil, and get oil on your plugs, change your plugs and that should be it. Can't thing of what else it should do __________________ ~(Dustang90)~

04-20-2003, 11:13 PM	#5
msunickb Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 33	Nope...nothing overflowed at all. Coincidentally I noticed when I started the car yesterday to back it out of the garage to wash it a puff of whitish (oil) smoke came out of the exhaust, first time I had seen that, but didn't think anything of it. I'll grab some plugs and oil the next dry day we have here and get that stuff changed. Also, while I'm at it I'll change the pcv valve, I looked for just a couple seconds the other day and didn't see where it was at. Could you tell me where that is at too? Thanks a lot. __________________ Nick 1995 Mustang GT Convertible

04-20-2003, 11:40 PM	#6
MEDIK418 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA Posts: 780	The PCV valve is way back behind the upper manifold. There is a hole in the lower manifold way in the back where the valve sits. It's a lot of fun to get to but nimble fingers will prevail. __________________ 1986 four-eyed LX coupe, 358 Cleveland, Tremec TKO600/centerforce clutch, dish cut Probe forged pistons, comp cams hyd.roller cam, .579/.588@224/230, Edel.performer, 670 holley street avenger, CPR custom built long tubes, ported and polished 4bbl heads, manley valves, beehive springs, MSD peo-billet dist/MSD6AL, fluidamper, 5 lug conv. with 17x8 bullits there's more but it's still not finished yet. Oh, and the oldest boy is turning his 89 GT into a FFR cobra this next summer.

04-20-2003, 11:46 PM	#7
msunickb Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 33	Oh good. I was hoping you say something like "it is very easy, just like the 95 prelude you had" but of course, that isn't the case. Thanks, I'll take a looksie probably on Wednesday, supposed to rain Monday and possible snow flurries on Tuesday, woo hoo!! (sarcastic, very sarcastic) Thanks again, I appreciate you guys putting up with me. p.s. I just bid on the Chilton manual for my car, hopefully that will help me with this type of stuff. __________________ Nick 1995 Mustang GT Convertible

04-20-2003, 10:52 PM	#2
Sicy Stang Sizzlin' Sicilian Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: California Posts: 502	Yikes! Well I guess if you dont have oil all over the place you're not in that bad of shape! It didnt over flow out the dipstick tube when you filled it? I had a friend that overfilled his oil once and oil was just comin out everywhere after he drove it...

04-20-2003, 11:04 PM	#4
Philossifer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 69	I had a (non-mechanical) friend call me one day because he couldn't understand where all his oil was going! My buddy (Loui) decided to change his own oil on that day.... After adding five quarts of oil with nothing on the dipstick, Loui broke down and phoned me. I rushed over to his house and found a puddle of oil on the grass below his car. Poor Loui forgot to re-install the drain plugs! Amazingly, he never bothered to look under the car; he just kept adding oil, quart after quart. That was several years ago and I still "Raz" him about it! Phil

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