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Had local shop change oil, the oil level light reads one notch higher than full..

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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 07:33 AM
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Had local shop change oil, the oil level light reads one notch higher than full..
so all of the lights are illuminated, also when I start her up there is a white smoke cloud which does dissapte quickly, is this an issue? Do I need to drain some oil, if so from where? Or will itr burn off?
 
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Look here https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...-overfill.html

and here: https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ffs-smoke.html
 
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So there is a bar on top of the normal min and max scale? That would indicate an overfill?
 
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Mine did the same thing--I just figured it'd be a little longer before I would have to add oil myself...he saved me some money
 
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