ok so i notice i have an oil leak on my oil cooler line from back of engine to oil cooler. where the soft line meets the hardline

after discovering this i wanted to check my oil levels. i had an n/a dip stick on there.

k let me start by explaning this. the dip stick looks like this EXXXXXXXF

empty to full roughly that distance.
my dip stick red the length of 2 of those "scales" it was double it. EXXXXXXXFXXXXXXXX

i put a tii dip stick in and it read EXXXXXXXFXXXX so one and a half

idk how some one could have fucked up on this. last time i got my oil changed they said they were having a problem with a leak. the tii oil filler has a bend in it and at the join it was leaking. apparently they just "winged" it when filling it up


how bad is this on the engine... its a rebuilt engine that has about 4500 miles on it.

 

I wouldn't sweat it. Drain a quart out and fill to the right level.

It's not like a boinger where the crank is sloshing through the overfilled oil, putting air into it. Where there is air, there is no lubrication...

 

ah that makes sence. see thats why i was worried. i'm getting my oil changed tomarrow and call them out on it

 

Or just change it yourself so you know 100%.

 

i have a spare oil cooler line for cheap if you need it...

 

A leak at that point means the line is currently in a failure. Might pop tomorrow, might last a year.

Head over to the local hydraulic shop and have them make up a new line.

 

Cost me 15 bucks for a new line at a hydraulic shop. Only took em a day too.