Overfilled oil

[c_dug]

Hi guys

Overfilled my oil by a millimetre or so on the dipstick, do I need to drain/syringe this amount out or will it be ok?

I topped it up in the halfords car park so I have ridden it back from there and apart from being a pain to start up the first time, it was fine. Have started it since and it was also fine starting up.
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[Gone]

One mm on the dipstick is very little, if there was excess oil, then I suspect the bike will have dumped it during the ride home. I wouldn't worry about it.

[MaybeGuy]

make sure you drain all the oil and drain the filter. If you overfill it it could shear your chuff nut and cause all sorts of problems
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Well thats two totally contradicting answers
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[c_dug]

I'm a lazy broke bastard. I will go for the leave it option for the time being.

It's too bloody cold outside to be draining all the oil out
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[tvr321]

A tiny bit over and it will burn it off no problem.

Mattsprattuk was joking

[woll]

a mm is nothing, the full marks are only a rough guide. Even if there is too much then it'll either get burnt up or go out through the engine breather.
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[HD]

Reading this thread I think I should ask this question.

I recently filled up my oil and I think I did it right. Kept putting oil in until it came out of the hole on the opposite side. Then I stopped and put the filler cap back on and waited for the oil to stop draining (took about 10 mins because I put it all in at once and it is quite viscous). It didnt fully stop draining but if I leant it slightly to the left it would stop and back upright again it would carry on trickling.

Would you say that is okay?
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[c_dug]

Not sure what other hole you mean is but some bikes have a little bolt that you can remove that is at the exact hight the oil should sit, so when the oil comes out of the hole you know for sure it is at the right level.

If you mean it was coming out of the filler hole then it is way to much, even I can tell you that
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Couldn't live with it myself.

I used some tubing down the filler and a syringe to draw some out.


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[The Shaggy D.A.]

Start the bike up and rev it with the dipstick left out. You'll soon transfer the excess oil to the surrounding area.
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[Glenben92]

I overfilled by a mm or two last time, it won't do any harm, but being the obsessive fucker that i am, i took a mcdonalds straw and syphoned the excess out. a tiny bit over will be fine unless you've got mental issues like me
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[c_dug]

Bike seems way harder to start when cold that it did before I topped it up and gears seem clunky.

Maybe I should empty some out
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[tutton]

What oil did you put in?
we need to know the bike and the thickness of oil went in, ususal being 10w40
cheers
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[hmmmnz]

you can fill it way past the fill level with no bad results,
the whole "you'll get excessively high oil pressure"
is a absolute bunch of shit, the oil pump decides how much oil to pump, it can't pump more oil because the level is higher, it will pump the same amount,
any excess oil will eventually be pumped out of the breather at the top of the rocker cover.

consider your selves educated
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