Originally posted by todras:
Never heard of an oil place over filling. Pretty easy to tell them how much to put in and then they show you the stick.
I worked at a valvoline instant oil change in college, and once saw a car get filled with oil by two people. Nothing like 10qt's of mobil to lube your engine! They caught it before the car was started, but another time I saw a Volvo come back 2 weeks after an oil change like 1-2 qt's too much oil in it (I seem to recall we thought the owner was the one who screwed up and added to much after the fact - but don't recall for sure). Buyer beware of the oil change shop!
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I also remember one guy that hated to look up capacities so filled from memory and felt close was good enough. If it was a little low he'd walk to the driver side door with the dipstick pointed toward to floor to get the oil to "run" to the ful mark. If it was too full he'd hold up the dipstick to the light like he was having trouble reading the new clean oil and wipe the extra with his thumb as he lowered the stick. 
Last edited by ScottK; 08/03/04 05:34 PM.
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