Too much oil in my 2.3?

[VegasRanger]

Checked my oil level today on Ranger, only 500 miles. Seems like it’s too much. What do you guys think?

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[Trigganometry]

Welcome to the forums. Lots of us seem to be experiencing the same symptoms. There is a lengthy thread on here https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/fuel-in-oil.4803/

That will probably leave you more confused than when you started.

End all of it is, for the most part it’s something to keep your eye on. No one that we know of has blown a motor over rising oil levels.

Hope that helps. You’re going to be reading a while!

 

[VegasRanger]

Welcome to the forums. Lots of us seem to be experiencing the same symptoms. There is a lengthy thread on here https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/fuel-in-oil.4803/

That will probably leave you more confused than when you started.

End all of it is, for the most part it’s something to keep your eye on. No one that we know of has blown a motor over rising oil levels.

Hope that helps. You’re going to be reading a while!

What are your thoughts on my reading though? Seems excessive, especially after only 500 miles?

 

[Opusnbill7]

I'm sure you already know this, but you wiped of the stick first and then measured it again, right, and this is while "cold"? I'd definitely double-check that if you didn't already double-check your measurement.

If you really have that much oil in it, I would be concerned. At 500 miles I'd probably take it to the service lane at the dealership I bought it at and ask them to explain it. If it's a factory overfill, then someone should have caught it on delivery/PDI. If it's putting that much fluid into the oil in 500 miles, I would think there's something else (seriously) wrong.

To give you an idea, mine is at 2K miles and it's right at the top of the x's.

 

[VegasRanger]

I'm sure you already know this, but you wiped of the stick first and then measured it again, right, and this is while "cold"? I'd definitely double-check that if you didn't already double-check your measurement.

If you really have that much oil in it, I would be concerned. At 500 miles I'd probably take it to the service lane at the dealership I bought it at and ask them to explain it. If it's a factory overfill, then someone should have caught it on delivery/PDI. If it's putting that much fluid into the oil in 500 miles, I would think there's something else (seriously) wrong.

To give you an idea, mine is at 2K miles and it's right at the top of the x's.

Yup that was after pulling the stick, wiping it, checking it, and repeating the process 3 times. The engine was cold, I let it idle for maybe 1 minute, shut it off then checked it. It idled maybe 1 minute max from cold before I checked it.

 

[Matsterious]

Now I’m paranoid and need to go check my oil levels again ?

 

[VegasRanger]

I have a long trip planned on Thursday, I don’t know if I’ll have time to take it in. Wondering if I should just do an oil change on it myself before then? The oil is literally to the FoMoCo etching on the stick!

 

[VegasRanger]

It does have a slight fuel smell, but not bad, so I don’t think it fuel but I could be wrong.

 

[Opusnbill7]

That would make me nervous before a long trip....but that's your call.

I wonder.....and I'm sure this isn't it....but my parents had a car once that they discovered the factory had put in the wrong dipstick so it didn't measure correctly. I'd almost see if I could find a part number on that and "google it" just to make sure it's the right part. I'm 99.9% sure that's not it, but stranger things have happened (like I said that was a recall I saw when I was younger).

 

[VegasRanger]

That would make me nervous before a long trip....but that's your call.

I wonder.....and I'm sure this isn't it....but my parents had a car once that they discovered the factory had put in the wrong dipstick so it didn't measure correctly. I'd almost see if I could find a part number on that and "google it" just to make sure it's the right part. I'm 99.9% sure that's not it, but stranger things have happened (like I said that was a recall I saw when I was younger).

Think I should just do my own oil change before my trip just to be safe?

 

[Opusnbill7]

Think I should just do my own oil change before my trip just to be safe?

I honestly would MAKE time to take it in. At 500 miles with that much fluid, something isn't good. If it isn't oil or fuel, it's water, and that means a blown head gasket or cracked block possibly....

 

[StarLord]

just change it.
should really change the oil between 500 - 1000km/mi for first change anyways.

 

[slowmachine]

I changed my oil at 500 miles, and the oil level was nothing like your photos before draining. If the excess were water, you would have “milky” oil. That leaves excess oil and/or fuel contamination as the problem. If you never checked the oil level prior to 500 miles, you have no way to know it was ever correct. The folks saying take it to the dealer are on the right track, in my way of thinking. Show them the dipstick reading. Get some fresh oil, in the right quantity, then drive and monitor. It’s a new engine that needs some break-in time. No towing, but don’t baby it.

 

[Floyd]

Always inspect the stick from both sides as when drawing it from the engine one side can pick up oil while the other doesn't, except where it is actually immersed.
Also...
Oil is best checked on a cold engine which has not yet been started and with the truck parked on a level surface.

 

[VegasRanger]

So after checking manual it says have truck at operating temperature, turn it off, let it sit for 15 minutes then check. Did that and these are the results. Let me know your thoughts.

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