Dumb question perhaps, but I just got the car from a dealership, who changed the oil before I picked it up. Oil is perfectly clean but when checking it (using directions in the owner's manual, engine warm etc.) the level is above the upper hatch-marked region. Actually it's just below the wire portion of the dipstick.

Did they overfill my crankcase??? Or is this the full level you guys have been experiencing on your cars?

Thanks,

Chris

 

They prolly put too much oil in it.

 

ya probably shouldn't be that high. your car only takes 5litres of oil

 

5 quarts

 

The LNF only take 5qts? I did not know that. I think my LSJ is 6.5ish

 

5 liter = 5.283 441 047 2 quart [US, liquid] so i was off by .2 of a quart

 

yeah i know haha. i believe a liter is like .945? something or other

 

ya. personally we should choose 1 or the other and use it across both canada and the states. would make life soo much easier haha. but either way its 5quarts that goes into it. which is weird and makes you think what exact differences they made from the 2.0 ss/sc to the 2.0 ss/tc to shave off a whole quart.

 

Oil cooler?

 

oil cooler would increase and there is none in either of them that i'm aware of. only thing i can think of is they put a smaller oil pan on the LNF compared to the LSJ

 

The LNF and LSJ both have oil coolers. Its the weird looking sandwich bolted to the side of the oil filter housing and the block. Its an oil to water cooler.

If the oil level is at the top line of the hash marks you're fine. That's basically the proper level for it to be at.

 

well then, don't i look like an idiot. and i realized what i was thinking about, i was thinking tranny cooler hahaha. its been a long day.

 

I've noticed that the car has to be on perfectly level ground to get a good reading as well..... I know thats common sense but it's amazing how little of an incline/decline can throw off the reading.

 

the manual says 4.7 liters.

 

For sure... I suspected that's what the problem was at first, but I keep getting high readings no matter the surface. I'd better loosen the drain plug and let some dribble.

Chris

 

5 with filter

 

I've had similar problems....

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/08-1...-issue-155764/

 

And here...

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/08-1...-favor-162759/