Originally Posted by zipline
Since my first oil change at high rpm's or rates of speed = rpm's I assume I get a real quick gauge warning of HI and what appears to be an oil symbol. It goes away after a 30 to 60 second interval. My question is since the temp of the car is not elevated beyond normal does that mean they have overfilled the oil amount? I know it sounds dumb but i questioned the dealer about it and they said it is normal with these cars...?
Eventually I will start working on this car myself, but as long as I have extended warranty I take it to the stealer/dealer. Just wanted to get yall's opinion since yall indeed know mare that the local dealership when it comes to out vehicles. Thanks for the help in advance. - Lee
I'll agree with the dealer's feedback. If you overfill the engine with oil, the
HI LEVEL warning light will come on! DUH!!
I had this last year at the Fall ToD GTG at Fontana. And I had done an oil change just prior to the weekend event.
HI LEVEL oil warning light came on when I started handling the 'twisties' in the Dragon. It is clearly saying that the oil level is too high and the car is overfilled. This can lead to foaming and that isn't good for your engine. You'll need to remove probably a half quart to get the alarm to stop coming on. Easiest way is to syphon this out the dip stick tube using any one of the many gadgets out there. I have a fairly simple one I bought at a local Pep Boys.
These cars, according to specs, hold 8 liters of oil. That's approx 8.5 quarts (8.4535 qts) in the English system. Most dealers will probably just go ahead and add the extra 1/2 quart feeling it won't hurt the engine. (Note: They don't want 1/2 quart of oil standing around and they're going to charge you for the nine quarts anyway.) That's not the case for the M-B 3.2 liter V6. I follow the leads from other XFire owners on this forum and now only add 8 quarts when I do an oil change. And I find that the dipstick reading is practically at the full mark when I do so. On these cars, better to be slightly underfilled than overfilled.