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Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: BOULDER Colorado
Posts: 39,412
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianW1962
I've heard that overfilling your crankcase can cause oil to the upper end of the engine causing it to smoke (exhaust). They say once this happens it will continue to smoke indefinitely. My dealership recommends running your engine with the oil level below the 1/2 mark on the dipstick. Anyone else heard something similiar?
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That's been the rule since they started with dry sump motors....
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1983/3.6, backdate to long hood
2012 ML350 3.0 Turbo Diesel
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