Engine oil always overfilled by dealer?

[Ali Al-Chalabi]

My dad always takes his car to the dealer for all scheduled maintenace, and I have noticed that the dealer always overfills the engine oil by exactly the same amount. It is always about 1/2" to 5/8" over the "full" mark. My question is that is this amount of overfill not enough for the crankshaft counterweights to get into the oil and cause foaming, or should this excess oil be siphoned. The car holds 7.4 quarts and the service receipts always charge for 7.

Does 7 quarts put the oil level over the full mark by this much or does the dealer know something that I don't. Why would a bery reputable dealer put too much oil in? Also, there seems to be no mention of any low oil pressure warning anywhere on the 97 C280. Did MB omit this piece of information or am I missing something.

-Thanks for any replies, I know this topic has been covered many times already.

[Edited by Ali Al-Chalabi on 06-20-2001 at 11:57 AM]