oil overfill for track - Page 2 - Toyota Yaris Forums

mikenacarato · 10-05-2009, 01:00 AM

just recycle it with your used oil since you dont wanna put it in.

JumpmanYaris · 10-05-2009, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Lafiro

Alright, so I guess I should dump the remainder of the 4th quart into my motor then, since I openned the bottle....
Also, my response had nothing to do with the track vs street btw.

dude your car is going to be fine, some ppl are just to paranoid

mikenacarato · 10-05-2009, 01:05 AM

you car wont even show that .2 on the dipstick. plus i bet cars burn more than .2 qts between changes anyways.

JumpmanYaris · 10-05-2009, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by mikenacarato

you car wont even show that .2 on the dipstick. plus i bet cars burn more than .2 qts between changes anyways.

yup, i bet my rims it does burn more lol

supmet · 10-05-2009, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Tamago

read the fking title of the thread

... read the posts. Shouldn't you be throwing a fit and telling everyone you're gonna quit YW again by now?

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Originally Posted by AlexNet0

thats been my routine. no problems

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Originally Posted by mikenacarato

ive been running 1 whole gallon of oil for the last 20k miles... .

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Originally Posted by mikenacarato

ive always put in 4 qts. manual says 3.8 but 4 wont hurt.

ozmdd · 10-05-2009, 12:32 PM

I suspect that Toyota realizes that most consumers are not careful enough to measure out their oil to the tenth of a qt or L, and most often round to the nearest whole unit. I also suspect that they design their cars with some margin for error, so that a 2 or 3 tenths overfill doesn't destroy the engine. I wouldn't recommend intentionally overfilling by a significant margin, but I think it stands to reason that a small overfill is safe. Isn't that why they put a RANGE on the dipstick?

mikenacarato · 10-05-2009, 02:14 PM

that is correct ozmdd.

supmet · 10-05-2009, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ozmdd

I suspect that Toyota realizes that most consumers are not careful enough to measure out their oil to the tenth of a qt or L, and most often round to the nearest whole unit. I also suspect that they design their cars with some margin for error, so that a 2 or 3 tenths overfill doesn't destroy the engine. I wouldn't recommend intentionally overfilling by a significant margin, but I think it stands to reason that a small overfill is safe. Isn't that why they put a RANGE on the dipstick?

3 tenths when you only have 37 tenths, is 8% too much oil.

The Range on the dipstick is there, because you can safely run with LESS than 3.7, not more

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Originally Posted by ozmdd

I wouldn't recommend intentionally overfilling by a significant margin,

That is my only point..... almost a tenth isn't a significant margin?

I think I've gone as far in this thread as I can. If you guys can't read the thousands of hits on google, talk to any mechanic, or simply read the manual, I'm obviously not gonna change anyone's mind here. It is your car, do with it what you want.

On a side note, I would LOVE to see some video of a yaris taking a turn that is hard and long enough to starve it for oil.

Tamago · 10-05-2009, 02:37 PM

and i would LOVE to see a video of a toyota yaris with 4 quarts of oil exploding into a thousand pieces because of that extra 9.6 OUNCES of oil in it.

supmet · 10-05-2009, 03:39 PM

^^ don't care enough to respond.

So, I guess you guys are gonna be letting the toyota engineers they are wrong huh? I mean, if 4 qts does NO damage to the engine whatsoever, and 3.7 qts can starve your engine of oil, they really should change all the manuals to say put 4.0 qts in, since it ONLY can help, and CAN'T do any damage

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ozmdd · 10-05-2009, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by supmet

^^ don't care enough to respond.

So, I guess you guys are gonna be letting the toyota engineers they are wrong huh? I mean, if 4 qts does NO damage to the engine whatsoever, and 3.7 qts can starve your engine of oil, they really should change all the manuals to say put 4.0 qts in, since it ONLY can help, and CAN'T do any damage

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Uh...you did respond.

mikenacarato · 10-05-2009, 04:59 PM

i also find it funny that the extra 2 tenths of oil will damage my engine....wheres the damage now? ive been doing this for 20k miles...

*tomato* · 10-05-2009, 07:06 PM

I hate to interrupt all that fun, but it looks like a TIME-OUT is in order... (sigh)...

UPDATE:

OK, we're back. Let's try this again, and maybe this time we can have some answers / ideas / opinions without all the fighting?

mikenacarato · 10-05-2009, 10:09 PM

well like i said...my answer to the OPs question based upon REAL experiences is that 1 whole gallon of fluid will not hurt your motor.

*tomato* · 10-05-2009, 10:10 PM

You've already made your point, Mike

supmet · 10-05-2009, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by mikenacarato

i also find it funny that the extra 2 tenths of oil will damage my engine....wheres the damage now? ive been doing this for 20k miles...

3 tenths. threeeeeeee tenths.

*tomato* · 10-06-2009, 12:09 AM

OK, I guess I shouldn't have reopened the thread so soon. My bad.

mikenacarato · 10-06-2009, 12:17 AM

its things like this that make me not post anymore.

10-05-2009, 07:06 PM	#31
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10-05-2009, 10:10 PM	#33
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10-06-2009, 12:09 AM	#35
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10-05-2009, 01:00 AM	#19
mikenacarato SIPNDEW View User's Garage Drives: 15 STI Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brentwood, TN Posts: 2,281	just recycle it with your used oil since you dont wanna put it in.

10-05-2009, 01:05 AM	#21
mikenacarato SIPNDEW View User's Garage Drives: 15 STI Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brentwood, TN Posts: 2,281	you car wont even show that .2 on the dipstick. plus i bet cars burn more than .2 qts between changes anyways.

10-05-2009, 12:32 PM	#24
ozmdd Reluctantly Crouched... Drives: 2008 Yaris HB M/T Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 867	I suspect that Toyota realizes that most consumers are not careful enough to measure out their oil to the tenth of a qt or L, and most often round to the nearest whole unit. I also suspect that they design their cars with some margin for error, so that a 2 or 3 tenths overfill doesn't destroy the engine. I wouldn't recommend intentionally overfilling by a significant margin, but I think it stands to reason that a small overfill is safe. Isn't that why they put a RANGE on the dipstick?

10-05-2009, 02:14 PM	#25
mikenacarato SIPNDEW View User's Garage Drives: 15 STI Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brentwood, TN Posts: 2,281	that is correct ozmdd.

10-05-2009, 03:39 PM	#28
supmet Banned View User's Garage Drives: 2007 4 Door Yaris Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,357	^^ don't care enough to respond. So, I guess you guys are gonna be letting the toyota engineers they are wrong huh? I mean, if 4 qts does NO damage to the engine whatsoever, and 3.7 qts can starve your engine of oil, they really should change all the manuals to say put 4.0 qts in, since it ONLY can help, and CAN'T do any damage unsubscribed

10-05-2009, 04:59 PM	#30
mikenacarato SIPNDEW View User's Garage Drives: 15 STI Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brentwood, TN Posts: 2,281	i also find it funny that the extra 2 tenths of oil will damage my engine....wheres the damage now? ive been doing this for 20k miles...

10-05-2009, 10:09 PM	#32
mikenacarato SIPNDEW View User's Garage Drives: 15 STI Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brentwood, TN Posts: 2,281	well like i said...my answer to the OPs question based upon REAL experiences is that 1 whole gallon of fluid will not hurt your motor.

10-06-2009, 12:17 AM	#36
mikenacarato SIPNDEW View User's Garage Drives: 15 STI Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brentwood, TN Posts: 2,281	its things like this that make me not post anymore.