Thread: Oil level 1/4" over F - okay to run?
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Old 04-23-2018, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by jon81SC View Post
John & TNTs,

I overfilled it. Sorry for sounding so anal about a 1/4" overfill, but still learning my way around this tractor & really really like it. Cuts better than my previous tractor (JD 160) and don't want to inadvertently screw it up. When I eventually found the oil plug to drain for oil changes, realized at my unlimber age it ain't no easy job to get at the plug to drain off a couple of ounces. Thus my Q. Thanks again for your interest!
It wasn't the extra 1/4" of oil they were concerned about. The issue was if there was a gasoline leak in the carb that raised the oil level.

That would decrease the lubricity of the oil and could have caused engine failure.

THAT was the concern.
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