cparke

I order a repair shop to change the oil, they charge me for an extra quart, then of course when I get home I check the oil and find it is filled above the arrow marked "MAX" (instead, they filled it to the bottom of the bump above the word "MAX").

Ok, is it really too full with oil? And if so, what is the best way to get the oil down to a safer level, short of draining it all over again?

Geez, I am getting more and more disappointed at how incompetent and greedy the supposed professionals really turn out to be...

kenny (dremel)

Or take it back to the shop and tell them to do it.

beejohn

make sure you checked the oil while on a level surface. but yar there are idiots out there

Audi Junkie

Meh.

Catamount90

Drop it in, put your thumb over the end, pull it out. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Profit.

cparke

You're saying to snake this tubing down the oil filler opening in the driver's side valve cover? Couldn't it get caught on the hardware in there?

I'd prefer to extract through the dipstick's channel, but I don't think 1/4" tubing will fit in there...

olaf

I removed the oil drain plug under my car and caught about 1 quart of oil. Then you put the drain plug back in before you lose the rest of your oil. Then you can check your oil level and add as necessary from your container to get it in the proper hatched range on the dipstick. This is pretty easy.

Catamount90

Lots of guys on this forum use an oil extractor pump to change their oil from above.

MrGoodbytes

be returning to their shop.

cparke

If the dipstick markings aren't the factory specification, what the hell are?