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Too much oil in my 4-tec Please HELP!

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06challenger

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i know this is the ski side of the fourm.... but same motor... maybe some one can still help! ;) ok, so heres the deal. i did a whole lot of maint this winter and this was the first time taking it out(2006 challenger 180, 215 SC 4-tec)... i had the dealer to new bearings, seals, wear ring, and solas concord impeller, and i did the plugs and oil. so i run it down the river and after 10 min i get a check engine light and its starts to spudder. so i pull over to someones private doc and look to see oil all over my motor from the breater. (i keep it disconnected from the airbox with a filter.) so i check the oil and i was like a quart to much! :(, i forgot to open the throttle and crank it a few times to get all the oul out. when i checked it after putting 3 quarts in i was good. i guess it wasnt level! damn it! lol..... but funny enough i parked at a retired boat mech doc! lol... so he was nice enough to help me suck the extra quart out... after that all was good. i enjoyed the day with no problems... the boat seemed to do alot better!... but on the way home like 3 hrs later the check engine light came back on after a high speed sharp turn????. so i stoped and shut the boat down... started it back up and it was off... took it back to the landing and i hit a few more turns but the light didnt come back on... could it of been from residual oil in that sensor by the breather? i dont get it.... do you think there should be anything to worry about or am i good??? has any one done this before? or have heard of this???? any help would be great! thanx guys! ;)
 
Yrs ago when letting a nephew run my ski...while still stock..heh...he was cutting very sharp turns in ever tighten circles. An alarm beep sounded.

Why?

exhuast temp...pump wasn't getting enough water. Rode it a bit more conservatively...no probs.
 
i see what your saying but i only did one turn... and the intake never came out of the water... and the first time oil was comming all out of the breater hose... so im pretty sure it was oil related... and the temp light never came on... so i just dont know if this is common if any one has over filled there oil... and if so is it possible to have that light come on after you take the oil back out???
 
Did you check the oil level again after you got it back home? Is the level right in the middle of the bend on the dip-stick?

The reason I ask is that if you initially refilled it to the correct level on the dipstick while it was sitting anywhere NEAR level then it should have been ok from the start and not blown oil everywhere... there is a slim possibility you are "making oil", ie. some other liquid such as water is getting into the crankcase while you're boating and slowly increasing the "oil" level. Oil would also start to look milky, but might not be evident on the dipstick yet. Check your oil level now sitting level and check it a couple times when you take it out next (after letting it sit a few minutes so all oil drains back into the crankcase). If the oil level on the stick is constantly rising, then yes you have a problem come back and post again!

- Michael
 
yeah man... i see what your saying. but no, there is no water getting in... im pretty sure of it. i know i didnt crank the motor over and suck the rest of the oil out durring the change... but when i first put in at the landing i checked over everything and it the oil was over full... so i knew i was asking for troubble. after it warmed up the level got a little higher and then all the problems happened. but after i took it out and spent the day on the water it was good... and when the light went off the second time it was still good... adn when i got back to the landing the level was still in the middle... so am still wondering why the light went off the second time... im going to take it out this weekend and we will see what happens....
 
Hmmmm... I agree, go run it some more but do still stop and check your oil level a time or two during the day make sure it's staying at the right level now! If you ran it even knowing the engine was overfull on oil, then shame on you man! LOL! Truely though that's not good for the engine to run overful but it shouldn't have harmed it any either I'd think. Running overfull on oil will reduce the 4-TEC max rpm's quite a bit I've read but for just 1 outting it shouldn't have caused any permanent harm.

Good luck hope it runs well and performs right!

- Michael
 
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