Too much engine oil question

stun gun · Apr 11, 2020

Thread title- obvious

but in my head-

BillsSR5 · Apr 11, 2020

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I'd really appreciate some advice from more knowledgable people than me .........
I am hardly a mechanic, but one of the few things I do on my vehicles is oil changes. I like to use good oil and filters and its something I can confidently do. I got a new to me 2017 tacoma a few months ago and at that time the dealer I bought it from did an oil change. Today I did my first oil change on it since purchasing it. Drained the oil and thought, jesus that seems like a lot of oil as it poured out. Finished the oil change and emptied the old oil into containers. Total old oil was around 9 5 liters. The truck should hold about 6.1 liters. So 3.5 liters too much was in there since I bought it in December, around 5500 km of driving Google says overfilling is absolutely not a good thing. I haven't actually noticed any problems but question is could this have caused any engine damage that may appear down the road from being way overfilled ? Wondering how worried I should be and if I should ask the dealer to fix this somehow. I don't want a huge engine repair bill down the road due to this and be on the hook for it when it wasn't my fault.
I emailed the dealer telling them, just wondering if I should ask for some sort if warranty or inspection or whatever, or just forget about it and not worry about it ? Thanks
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heres 2 ways to get the oil out I just used the spray bottle pump method to get some AT fluid out, should work the same for getting out oil https://youtu.be/qag71Uu9RRw

BillsSR5 · Apr 11, 2020

https://youtu.be/uBENbaCnLiM

shakerhood · Apr 11, 2020

Wonder if the previous owner accidently drained the transmission, put new oil in the crankcase, realized what he did and just traded the truck in.

clawj · Apr 11, 2020

shakerhood said: ↑

Wonder if the previous owner accidently drained the transmission, put new oil in the crankcase, realized what he did and just traded the truck in.
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Seems unlikely. The dealership did an oil change before I bought it so what was in there was put in by the dealer

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