Evening,
I'm finding it very hard to take oil readings from my 1.4 TDCi (Ford Fusion 03). It looks like I may have a little too much oil in there, which is a concern, but each dip seems to reveal something slightly different. See pics:
This I hope is oil that was put in as part of the service when I bought the car.
As usual with my posts, the car drives fine and as also usual, i'm in paranoia mode (given I was right about most problems with the last car I can't ignore my paranoia). I find it noisier under load than my old 2 litre HDi, but I think that had more sound proofing and didn't need pushing anything like as hard to get quickly up to speed.
If this reading is right, just how over full would this indicate it is? It seems to be the case that a lot of extra oil is needed to do any real damage? If it was doing any damage, what symptoms would I expect to see?
Any assistance greatly appreciated.
Cheers, Tom.