I think you are over-intellectualizing this a bit. The oil level doesn't
have to be accurate to the ounce -- I'm sure there is a healthy margin of
safety in the original calibration. If you've added the correct quantity
after an oil change, then you should be fine. If the oil level is checked
with the engine warm, within a few minutes of shut-off, and is between the
MIN and MAX marks, that also should be OK.
Bob, it sounds like you might not have let the engine entirely warm up,
since you didn't actually drive anywhere. But a fraction above the line
isn't going to hurt anything. Don't worry -- it will be down soon enough.
<g>
on 6/2/04 7:22 AM, Bob Howard at mgbob@juno.com wrote:
> Hans,
> I have had the same question. Thinking that I could establish a mark
> on the stick based on the workshop manual's specified amount of oil put
> into the engine, I changed oil recently. I raised the MGB and made sure
> it was level, let the old oil drainfor 30 minutes, at which time the
> inverted spin-on filter was removed and and the engine let drip for a few
> minutes longer. A new filter was installed a new filter and the drain
> plug replaced.
> Using the quantity specified in the workshop manual for the 18V with
> oil cooler, I poured in the oil. Started engine, oil pressure came up
> almost immediately, engine ran for five minutes, was shut down, was let
> cool for five minutes, then dipstick was checked.
> The oil level on the stick was at the M of MAX above the line. I am
> more puzzled than before.
> Bob
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