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> "Spiderman" > wrote in message
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>>I think the shop slightly overfilled my oil crankcase at the last oil
>>change on my 1989 Chevy S10 Blazer 4.3L 4x4....the dipstick is reading
>>"off the charts" and when I'm parked I get a small drip of very watery
>>brown fluid (I assume it's overfrothed oil) under the engine compartment.
>>The fluid is not warm and is very watery so I don't believe this fluid has
>>been thru the engine. Can a slightly overfilled crankcase cause any
>>permanent damage? I assume the excess will just drip out?
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> How far (in inches) over the full mark is it?
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> Doc


I didn't measure it but its past the FULL mark...but not so far as to ride
up the stem of the dipstick.