I did an oil change. Thought the car took 4.4 quarts but it only takes 3.7 quarts. I poured in slightly under 4 quarts. The engine is a 1.5 in-line turbo (Honda Civic Si). It’s reading past the fill line slightly. How bad is it? Do I need to pour some out? What am I risking? What symptoms should I be looking for?

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    4 months ago

    Had an old accord that started burning oil at about 100k miles. Lasted another 100k with only a handful of oil changes (I think none in it’s last 50k, just topping it off as needed). Still worked perfectly fine besides very slowly burning oil when I totaled it at 200k miles.

    I miss that car. I’m convinced I could’ve gotten at least 300k miles out of it.

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      4 months ago

      I totaled it at 200k miles.

      I hope the shopping cart that dinged your bumper was okay…

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        4 months ago

        Oh trust me, if It was drivable, I would’ve kept it.

        Unfortunately a younger, much more sleep deprived me flipped it one morning.

        Loved that damn car