Oil Level "Between L & H"
08-15-2012, 12:45 PM
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^^^ My experience mirrors this. Filled mine to 4th X and 2 hours later it was the same BUT next morning it was at the 5th X. It takes a while for the oil to settle after a pour, it seems. I think you may have added too much.
08-16-2012, 06:01 AM
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It is very important that the oil never goes beyond the top Diamond or X. In other words, no filling to the top of the H. This can result in oil hydrolock via the PCV valve.
It happened to a customer of mine at the dragon. .7 quart overfull, the crankshaft smacked the oil hard enough to get it airborn and into the PCV system. The oil hydrolocked the cylinder, and he snapped a connecting rod.
Took an entire weekend to get a U-haul trailer and get him home.
Connecting rod bearing was in perfect condition. Cylinder wall was perfect. Inner intake runners, combustion chamber, and piston top were soaked with oil. After taking the engine apart, I was able to confirm with the customer he was .7 quarts overfill.
in other words, billman said Xviper is wrong even after that huge confidence speech he wrote
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08-16-2012, 12:35 PM
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08-17-2012, 12:22 PM
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This forum is like panning for gold, after you screen out the nonsense, you're left with solid information and often humor. Not a bad use of time and bandwidth. My take away from this thread is just keep the level between the marks, if cold I'd look for it to be on the upper end, if hot I wouldn't worry if it's toward the lower end. Honda engineered in some elbow room IMO.
08-17-2012, 12:41 PM
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This forum is like panning for gold, after you screen out the nonsense, you're left with solid information and often humor. Not a bad use of time and bandwidth. My take away from this thread is just keep the level between the marks, if cold I'd look for it to be on the upper end, if hot I wouldn't worry if it's toward the lower end. Honda engineered in some elbow room IMO.
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