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Old 04-08-2012, 11:08 PM
Marrs Marrs is offline
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Thanks, I refilled and drove it, but not really to full warm, just 15-minutes since it was getting dark. Will check oil level over next few days as stated. The oil will only overfill under pressure correct, ie: I need to drive it daily to compare?
I noticed it immediately idled differently, so I leaned it out (3-clicks leaner) and this seemed to help. My logic was that when it was overfull with oil then fuel pressure/volume was lower and my mixture was adjusted for that specific scenario, now that it's refilled with new oil it would return to proper volume/pressure which would be richer than previously so leaning it out was the right thing to do. Sound correct?

Also, when the car died at low speeds earlier today, is that also evidence of the oil level issue or should I just go ahead and get injectors cleaned as a safety? I will likely do that anyway since I don't know history of the car.
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