bad mech...

May 29, 2007 2 Replies

Hi!



Haven't been here for a while... At 51K I have only replaced the tires and battery. No complaints.



A neighbourhood service station with a good reputation put an extra



0.4 -0.5 quarts into it. (The local Subie dealership is bad; - they got pissed when they saw a U-Haul hitch on it, so they where out of the question.)

What happens then? Stupid me didn't check and correct it for about two hundred miles...



However, a couple of weeks ago the "check engine" light came on the local O'Reilly reset it. *Missfire". Soon it came back on 8-(((



The sons of the woman next door are into cars: - one is a mech at a large Honda dealership.



I asked them to replace the plugs and wires. The left side, facing the car from front, had oil in the plug-holes (in lack of a better word).



One of the plugs on that side looked as if it had fallen down and had a lot smaller gap. Also, that plug's spacer was 1/8 of an inch from being all the way seated, and had burned oil between the spacer and plug...



My gasmilage was down, but I fugured it was the 10% ethanol and much city driving.



I reset the computer as adviced here whan I asked about the driver profile. Now it drives like a totally different car! Super!



Questions: What harm could the overfilled oil do?



What harm could the only partially spark/power have caused -if any?



Harald


Forget the Focus, that was the little woman's. I am the proud owner of an '03 Forester :)))

I'd say there is little chance of serious or even moderate harm. The PCV valve and even the hoses MAY get fouled by some excess oil. Probably need cleaning/replacemnt at 51K anyway - do it after the next 'proper' oil change. Hard to say about the plug issue. I suppose running a tap in/out that plug's threads might be a good idea - could prevent seizing in the future - maybe. Though I'm just speculating on that. Maybe someone else here has some thoughts.

I dunno

Carl

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