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Old Sep 25, 2003 | 09:46 PM
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hi everyone, i do not have a lexus but i have a question about oil.
i have a mustang gt with the 5.0 and yesterday the shop put in 6 quarts and today i read it is only designed for 5 quarts, so i checked the oil and sure enuff it was like half an inch over the full marking on the dipstick. i will go back and have them remove 1 quart, do you think a day or 2 like this will hurt my engine? it does not run different, will i have blow bye??? thank you for a response
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Old Sep 25, 2003 | 10:30 PM
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you can blow the seals in the engine pretty easily if the car has high mileage. if it doesn't, you can still blow the seals.

Just get a milk gallon, if nothing else, and drop the drain plug unti it is half full. then plug it back up.

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Old Sep 26, 2003 | 04:40 AM
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yep. what he said..
when i was doing my oil the other day.
i put about 4 quarts in.. then put another 1/2 a quart. and i notice i was alittle too much over the full line
so i unplug the drain plug, and plug it back up. then my oil was 3/4 the way to full. Just perfect
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Just get a milk gallon, if nothing else, and drop the drain plug unti it is half full.
Uh..........lemme do my gazintas here.....4 quarts to the gallon..........half full.............that's 2 quarts, so lexsee will be running a quart low..................but better a little low than a blown seal

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