You might want to search on this. Someone else had a thread asking how much oil is left in the metal reservoir in an M119 engine. I remember responding to it. On mine, there is maybe a half-ounce of oil left in the bottom so not too messy. Sounds like your reservoir is pretty full? That was the other poster's problem, too. I don't recall what the remedy was.

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'93 400E