Easy way to remove excess engine oil

I remove excess oil by mopping it up from the floor with an old rag

 

When you're really talented you burn it out the exhaust going sideways at 9krpm

 

Or you can just keep driving until some of the oil burned off to the right level.

 

Beat me to it

 

I can't believe no one else has thought of this.

 

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Aaron

 

Like the topsider oil changes done at the Mercedes dealers?

 

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If you don't have a specialized pump to draw out the extra oil you can make one easily using a basic pump found on a lotion, or soap bottle you for sure have already in your house. Below is a photo of one to place a visual to what I am talking about and all you need to do is fit a longer tube (with an outside diameter that fits INSIDE of the dipstick tube), feed this tube down the dipstick tube, and pump out any extra oil you have. This is not the best way to drain the sump as you will be pumping until next year but it does work very well if you need to draw out a liter or less of oil.
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I run an extra quart in my GT4 it helps on the hard turns for starvation. My car takes close to 10-11 quarts

 

No no noooo. Why do it for free when you can spend money for the same thing???:

Walmart - Marine Gear Lube Pump

(Actually, I own one of these things and use it to top-up gear oil (14 stokes per 4 oz).) (Fits nicely into the top of a 1L Red Line bottle).

 

I think your over thinking this, but I would rather have a bit more than a bit less. I am not an expert but when the engine is running there is not that much oil in the pan

 

I think you are right. When I stop and quickly check the dipstick, there is no oil on it. After about 5 minutes, there is oil on the lower tip of the dip stick. After 10 minutes the oil is nearly at the "low oil" mark. At 15 minutes it is near the top "high" oil mark. After a night of sitting, the oil is several inches above the top oil mark on my 328. When I change oil it takes about 9 quarts.

 

After the oil is warmed up (thin), I just crack the drain plug loose and back it off until it starts to leak (just don't pull it all the way out !). Takes a few minutes to bleed a quart out, but easy enough.

After screwing back tight, just blast the area with aerosol brake cleaner to clean up --- easy peasy .

 

Yeah, they really hate that, oh sure it can be fun and it's messy, but they really hate that!

 

Just to pour gas on the embers... What kind of 308 has an 8 quart oil change? My 1975 gt4 uses 9.0 liters - which is 9.5 quarts - when changing the oil and filter. If you follow the proper oil check procedure, checking the oil immediately after shutting down the engine the level is perfect.
As a point of fact, somewhere else in this chat is the direction of how to properly add the third line to the dip stick based on measuring the oil before installation

 

If you drive the car hard, this is cheap insurance. If I see the oil pressure flicker downward, I get chest pains.

I went with the Gleggy stainless pan baffle, but still run it a bit over full, "just in case"

chris