Oil Overfill and Oil Burning Smell
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Oil Overfill and Oil Burning Smell
So i recently bought a 2008 Evo X. I noticed a burning oil smell after longer drives and checked the oil level, which read high. There were also a few small bubbles in the oil; I assume from the overfilled oil getting splashed around:
I drained the oil to the proper level and the smell went away.
My question is, would this cause any non-obvious damage to the seals that would crop up later?
I drained the oil to the proper level and the smell went away.
My question is, would this cause any non-obvious damage to the seals that would crop up later?
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Hmmm my pic didn't come through. Here's a link to the dipstick pic:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...eat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...eat=directlink
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It's kind of a crappy pic with some glare. The oil actually goes above the second hole almost as far as the two holes are separated. The grey-to-silver transition is the oil line, not the brown to grey transition. You can see a bubble in the oil above the brown to grey oil line.
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