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Ogre in KS 04-28-2010 03:53 PM

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

cokeicee 04-28-2010 04:18 PM

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 :)

X-J 04-28-2010 08:01 PM

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.

tj40 04-28-2010 08:10 PM

**** 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?

X-J 04-28-2010 08:11 PM

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

cokeicee 04-28-2010 08:21 PM

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.

X-J 04-28-2010 08:31 PM

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

Gallon | Quart
1 | 4
2 | 8
3 | 12
4 | 16
5 | 20

98 JeepJeep 04-28-2010 08:42 PM

another strike for the Quick lubes

cokeicee 04-28-2010 08:52 PM

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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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cherkee 04-28-2010 08:57 PM

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

X-J 04-28-2010 09:03 PM

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

cokeicee 04-28-2010 09:06 PM


Originally Posted by cherkee (Post 522090)
wow thats crazy, so after u changed it amd put the correct amount in, the jeep ran better?

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.

X-J 05-01-2010 12:57 PM

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

cokeicee 05-01-2010 01:21 PM


Originally Posted by X-J (Post 524718)
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.


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