overfilled the DODGE 2003 GRAND CARAVAN during oil change

OH. That explains a lot!

The sloshing oil is climbing up the dipstick! Check the oil with the
engine cold, before you start it. Then you'll get an accurate reading of
what is in the crankcase!

 

As I have come to understand since then, Hydraulic Lock occurs when a
fluid gets into the combution chamber. From what the Honda Manager told
me, enough oil had gotten into the cylinders to cause Hydraulic Lock. I'm
guessing it blew a seal or gasket somewhere.

What I do know for a fact is the engine was a mess! I started it and the
OIL light came on, and I shut it off and saw oil spewing out onto the
ground.

 

| > Good question Ken . Yes it does. I always start the engine and run
it
| > for a few minutes at idle just to make sure there are no leaks.
Then I
| > check the old level and it usually reads high by at least a half
quart,
| > maybe more. I don't even wait for oil to drain back into the
crankcase, I
| > just check the level to make sure it's okay and I didn't do
something
| > stupid. I like to see the nice clean oil on the dip stick.
|
|
| OH. That explains a lot!
|
| The sloshing oil is climbing up the dipstick! Check the oil with the
| engine cold, before you start it. Then you'll get an accurate reading
of
| what is in the crankcase!
|
I really don't think there is any "sloshing oil" after the engine has
stopped. Waiting a few minutes might give a more accurate reading, but
waiting until the engine is cold is unnecessary.

 

Yeah, that too.

But as far as sloshing oil, the bottom end of the piston rods are bathed
in oil, so some splashing does occur...

 

errr, "after the engine has stopped.."?

When you say "bathed", you do mean pressure fed, don't you?

 

Not unless the engine is over-filled! Only lawnmower engines and other
"splash" oiled engines dip the conrods into the oil.

 

I dunno...I drive Toyotas, mostly. AFAIK, the bottom of the piston rods
sit in the oil.

I was thinking about this suject today, and I remembered back when I was
in my 20's (um, this was just a *few* years ago...

A girl came up to a friend and I and said her car wouldn't start. She had
an early 70's Mustang, a "Secretary Special", with a 6 cyl. You could here
the solenoid actuating, everything seemed OK, but it just wouldn't crank.
The other guy with me for some unknown reason pulled the dipstick, I guess
to see if there was enough oil and trying to judge if the pistons had
seized.

There was oil, alright! All the way up the spout! He asked her how so much
oil got in the engine, and she said, "I dunno...I just have them put a
quart in every time I get gas"...!

She thought cars burned oil as well as gas, and thought you had to add oil
every time you added gas. We went back to my car and got my wrenches, and
drained a quart...then another...then another...about 5 quarts. When it
finally got to the FULL mark on the dipstick, we had her try it and the
car started right up.

 

Likely not when the engine is running and the pump is feeding oil to
the lube system. (or when the crankcase is overfull) In operation,
"oiling" for the rod bearings is accomplished by pressure feed.via the
cross drilled holes in the crankshaft journals.

Now that's a good one. I can just see the head of oil all the way back
up to the top end!! So now we come back to visualizing a crankcase
SO full that on cranking the pistons have nowhere to go on the BOTTOM
and generate a hydrostatic lock. Hilarious!!

 

We thought it was, too...we also showed her how to read a dipstick...

Crude comments removed! ;P

 

But wasn't that a thread about oil?

 

<GROAN...>

Good one...good one!