New gen II owner, with questions

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  1. bigjon42

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    Hi. I just bought a 2005 prius, 75k mils, literally a little old lady owned it. Took in to Toyota today for oil change and checkup. All was O.K., but I remembered reading something about not overfilling the oil. I just went6 out and checked and it is over full by 1/4 in. They put in 5 qts with filter. How bad is that ?
    Also have gotten 48-50 mpg on fist half tank. Jon
     
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    In my understanding, it's not a good thing because it creates a situation in which there is oil sloshing around. Not that it'll cause irreversible damage; it's just not optimal.
    Unfortunately, once you leave the dealership, you might have a hard time convincing them they did anything wrong.

    So it becomes a question of how to get the excess out. Other than loosening the screw with something to catch the oil, I can't think of anything.
     
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    If you have the time, you should bring it back to the dealer and have the oil drained out. The car would be overfilled with only 4 quarts of oil, by putting 5 quarts in, it would be severely overfilled.

    I'm thinking the tech put in 4 quarts and not 5. The paperwork may show 5 but if it's the dealership, 4 quarts is more likely what they did. Probably showing 5 quarts to charge you more money for another quart.

    If you can do this yourself, you can also just go under the car and drain a little oil out by loosening the drain plug. In the future, you may want to avoid that dealership.
     
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    congrats and welcome. this happens every time i have the dealership change the oil. i picked up a nice little inexpensive suction pump at sears for use through the dipstick tube. takes 5 minutes to correct their error. all the best!(y)
     
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    I like bisco's idea better than crawling under the car. In reality, you could get a long see thru tube and siphon it out. The see thru would help ensure you don't suck any down lol. :)
     
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    LOL. If you attempt to do this, make sure the tube is thick enough to get what you want out in 1 pass. Wouldn't want to do it again.........
     
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    There's a sucker born every minute... :LOL:

    I am of course referring to start a siphon by mouth...

    Ron
     
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