Oil coming out dipstick.
 

I was driving on the high way today and noticed something smelt burnt, I made it home no problem but I checked under the hood and there was oil coming out my dipstick. I was wondering what could cause this? Also now I cant get a reading from dipstick it shows the level at half way up the dipstick.

thanks

sorry to say......head gasket.

maybe like 5-6 quarts of oil over filled? is that possible?

he got a point lol putin 10-12 quarts of oil into ur engine and not really seeing what u doing is lil much... is kinda well sad

Ok 1st when you pull out the dipstick was it a milkey white color or just normal oil color
2nd do an oil change check the ammount of oil that came out and look at it again is it a milky white color or normal oil color.
if the oil color is normal and you only drained out the right amount of oil check your crank case breather. i once had a old chevy nova with a 350and the pcv was clogged and oil accually came up thru the dipstick and the distributor shaft and filled up the dist cap.

Blowby is caused by combustion pressure leaking past the piston rings and into the pan creating excessive pressure in the oil pan. This pressure pushes the oil out where ever it can find a place to escape. You can check for blowby while the engine is running and remove the oiil filler cap and put your hand lightly over the opening, your rings/cylinder might be getting worn. If you have a blown head gasket, you will be lossing radiator fluid. Also check that the crankcase vent tube is not blocked.

its not white or milky. Im do oil change tomorrow. It feels like somehow the tube that the dipstick goes down got bent or something. It takes a little wiggling of the dipstick to get it to go in. like its rubbing half way down.

= coolant in the oil = head gasket
my dipstick has always rubbed halfway down. (no pun intended)

sounds like crankcase ventilation issues. Do these cars have PCV valves? if so that would probably be the issue if your coolant wasnt milky

No they don't have a PCV, only a crankcase vent tube,
a clogged PCV/crankcase vent tube wouldn't cause the oil to be milky, a blown head gasket would.

Yeah I checked all the fluids they all look like they're suppose to, from what I could see (changing oil and coolant tomorrow). Could it of been the dipstick wasnt all the way in?

what year is it and how many miles?

make sure your dipstick is all the way in after checking the oil, or you'll be able to check it a lot easier when it's all over the motor in a fountain of lubrication. Engine blow-by will shoot your dipstick out too, if it happens again you may have a problem. Also inspect the tube carefully, see that it is seated into to engine block by tugging/wiggle on it "lightly"

I will.
Its 1992 sport 148000 miles

wow.... Im kill the walmart people.... I just did my own oil change, last time i did it at walmart.... It had 9 qts of oil in it.... I had to go grab tub aware after my oil catcher started to over flow... And I havent put any oil in it. It was also a real dark color... But I changed it and it runs better now
glad it wasnt milky. Did radiator fluid, little rusty color but wasnt milky either.

and THAT'S why I change all my own fluids and do my own repairs(what I'm capable of anyways,lol)

yeah... never again will i not do my own. I dont think they drained it I think they just added a 5 qt jug to it.

When I first started it back up it made a grinding noise as it went to start? think it came from the starter? It started right up after that though. I drove it around came back and let it sit. Easily could read oil level and started it back up, no noise :)

Watch for leaks, hopefully you didn't drive it far or for very long because that much overfilled puts great stress on your oil seals and your engine and can wear them out fast from the pressure and will create excessive heat. I would let Wal-mart know how you feel about it >
print this page and show them, thats what I would do.

**** goin back to wal-mart, I would take it as a life lesson. I'm not sure if you will get anywhere *****in at them, probably just a free oil change. Maybe they will strip the drain plug next?

or break the oil sending unit off ... i would get a refund and show em #1 as I walked out

ill post a picture tomorrow when it gets light out of the five gallon bucket that i pored it into. Its about 2/3 full.

find an old ruler tape measure, or something to gauge the depth when you take a picture.

another strike for the Quick lubes

wow its 10.6 qts
freaking insane
It was 8 inches of a 15 inch 5 gallon bucket with not taper in it

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wow thats crazy, so after u changed it amd put the correct amount in, the jeep ran better?

its like running through the water at the beach the further out you run the harder it gets

drove for about 20 mins on the high way. Didnt over heat or anything, to me it seemed smoother.


oh and u should of seen me when i was changing it, my catcher holds i think 9 quarts... the wife is going to kill me because i grabbed a big tub-aware container to catch it in that. Was pretty funny.

your jeep ok ? no leaks ? you say anything to sprawl-mart ?

its always had a small leak probably 3 or 4 drops of oil a night, nothing huge. So far nothings wrong. I'm going to replace the fuel pump later in the week, having some trouble starting but i think once the pumps replaced it will be 100 percent. Then engine only has like 150k on it.