How bad is it to have too much oil?

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skinnyjdawg said:
I know i'm just messin with you. I still put in that much, but how do you figure out 3.8 so i just try to do as close as i can
in the older civic's (88-91 ) it's supposed to be 3.7, not to off from your 3.8, which can hold true really, since the motor are essentaily the same size.
 

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420GREEN said:
Damn, never been that anal bout oil capacity............been makin Honda's haul ass for over a decade, and on my daily driven EX I have over 227,000 miles............I drain the oil, change the filter, dump in four quarts and call it a day..........VTEC still kicks in all the way to redline..........Okay if you put more than a quarter of an inch higher than it's supposed to be on the dipstick....don't sweat it............if it's higher than that you can do damage.......blow out the oil rings on a piston, valve seals could start leaking, and a whole lotta oily blow-by....................sounds like you don't have to worry...............( 4 quarts= 1 gallon) 1 point for the mechanic.
Valve seats dont leak oil. Valve guides leak oil.

Oil Rings dont blow out either.
 


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Closing thread because question has been answered enough times.
 
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