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ArchieBarkatron
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May 4, 2011, 8:44 PM
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Over-oiled engine
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Our car was overfilled with oil (a lot -- like over 4L too much) and the car sort-of broke down, blowing incredible amounts of thick white smoke. A friend has drained the oil, cleaned relevant parts etc. to get the car to go again, but it is still running pretty slow (doesn't seem to have much get-up when you put your foot down, especially in 2nd and 3rd gear, haven't even tried 4th) and it still blows an incredibly large amount of thick white smoke once the engine heats up (i.e. after about 5min of driving).
I'm wondering if the car will 'burn off' the oil that is (I'm guessing) still all over/through the engine from the over-fill and, if so, how long it should take for it to do so?
We are keen to heat the engine up for a sufficiently long period to try to burn it all off but doing it around our neighbourhood is difficult since the smoke is so bad and probably annoys the residents. We've thought of a few non-residential areas we could drive it to and just let it sit there idling and burn it off but want to know approximately how long it should take to burn it all off, or if there's a better way of burning it off.
The car is a Hyundai Lantra 1997 manual.
Here's hoping it's not too hard!
Thanks.
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Hammer Time
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May 4, 2011, 8:49 PM
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Re: Over-oiled engine
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It should burn off eventually.
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ArchieBarkatron
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May 4, 2011, 8:54 PM
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Thanks -- any idea of how long 'eventually' might be though? Even a range??
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Hammer Time
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May 4, 2011, 9:05 PM
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30 minutes of "off idle" running.
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ArchieBarkatron
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May 5, 2011, 1:57 AM
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Great, thank you very much. I took it for a drive on the highway this afternoon, for about an hour and it seems to have cleared the smoke up. It's still missing though, and lack a lot of grunt up hill. Is this likely to be caused by the over-fill or is it likely to be a separate problem (the car is obviously a bit of a bomb and wasn't driven for about a year before the recent over-fill incident).
Thanks.
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Hammer Time
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May 5, 2011, 4:45 AM
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The spark plugs may have been fouled so bad that they will have to be replaced.
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