RBM wrote:
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My nephew drives my truck. When he brought it over, I checked the oil
and I thought it looked about a half quart too low. I added about a
half quart and checked the oil again. I guess my eyes too bad or my
estimate of how much is a half quart is off. It now looks a half a
quart over. I am told that too much oil is bad too. I just can't
find out how much is too much.

If I had a scrap piece of hose I might try the thumb over the straw
and try to get a little out.

--
O'Neil to General Hammond:
For the record Sir, I wanted to blow it the hell up.

**You usually have a low mark and a high mark. Anywhere between the two is
OK. Below the low or above the high are not OK. Some engines have very
specific methods for checking the oil


Hi,
How old is the truck? It depends how much low or high, little bit won't
be much of a concern but too much overfill is not good as well as too
low oil level. Usually we don't keep topping up the oil unless it is
close to low mark on the dip stick. I never had any car or truck burning
or leaking oil. Never had to top it up between scheduled oil changes.