On Sun, 01 May 2011 02:25:51 -0400, mm
wrote:

On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:49:13 -0400, Metspitzer
wrote:

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.

You might want to verify all this: I think a problem with too much
oil is frothing, because if the oil is high enough, the cranks shaft
hits it, but oils for hte last 20 years or more have anti-frothing
agents.

Also, I don't think a half quart is too much extra most of the time,
and you don't have a small engine.

If you really wanted to remove some, they used to sell oil change kits
that took the oil out through the filler tube, iirc. Maybe they still
do. If not, you can buy various thickness of tubing at ACe hardware
by the foot, or at HD by the roll. Even going very slow, one pint
(two cups' worth) won't take very long. If holding your thumb
doesn't work, you can fill the hose with oil. Let it drain into a one
quart oil bottle, and there's no reason you can't use it when you need
oil the next time.
The simplest way to get rid of that pint of oil if you are worried is
to remove and drain the oil filter, then re-install it.