Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - 03 2.0 Diesel oil overfill.

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Sun 20 Jan 2008 19:17
03 2.0 Diesel oil overfill. - goldpaf
Hi. I'm new to this forum. I recently purchased a 2002/2003 Vauxhall Vectra 2.2 DTi.
I foolishly overfilled the oil by around 3/4 inch on the dipstick, by getting a mis-read from not leaving it long enough to settle. The excess oil was in the car for about three weeks. I then started getting fairly thick exhaust smoke under heavy acceleration and drained the excess off.
I drained it three days ago now, however the smoke problem remains.
Am I likely to have damaged the engine with the overfiling?
I guess I've probably done about two-three hundred miles with the excess oil in.
Any suggestions please?

Pulled off a 2002 posting into its own post.

Edited by Pugugly {P} on 20/01/2008 at 19:43

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Sun 20 Jan 2008 21:36
03 2.0 Diesel oil overfill. - topbloke
you are a lucky man if have seen these engines run on the excess oil in an engine and its scary, anyway to your original post, there will be excesive oil in the exhaust system and cat (although the cat should have burn it off already unless you only do short drives ) so it will take a while to burn off/out so it could do with an italian tune up and put it down to experiance
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Tue 22 Jan 2008 10:49
03 2.0 Diesel oil overfill. - goldpaf
Hi Topbloke.
Thanks for the reply.
What do you mean by Italian tune up?
I only do short journeys, and the black smoke only seems to appear under heavy acceleration or just after the turbo 'dumps'.
Do you think the car will be ok or should I flog it quick??


Cheers.
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Tue 22 Jan 2008 11:35
03 2.0 Diesel oil overfill. - SpamCan61 {P}
>>What do you mean by Italian tune up?

Take it on a longish run and give it plenty of revs.
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Tue 22 Jan 2008 12:29
03 2.0 Diesel oil overfill. - Dynamic Dave
I only do short journeys


That'll be the problem then. Take it for a regular good blast. see the last paragraph beginning "After that..." in HJ's FAQ no.14.

www.honestjohn.co.uk/faq/faq.htm?id=32

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 22/01/2008 at 12:30

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