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Originally Posted by MuseChaser
I should probably start another thread instead of just hijacking this one, but yet another recall thread would probably get me banned..
Anyway, an update on mine.. spoke with the dealership service manager yesterday. Their "master tech" is out this week at a training workshop, but will be back on Monday. They want him to look at the car since he did the recall work, so I'll drop it off Monday.
Just went for a 20 mile-or-so drive just to see if it would still act up; haven't driven it since Saturday. Pretty cold here, but not out of the ordinary.. upper teens F. When I started the car, it was REALLY rough for a few seconds, blew a TON of white smoke during the initial 30 seconds or so of the enriched warmup cycle, then calmed down and smoothed out for the most part. During the drive, no backfires or obvious stumbling or bucking, but still feels like it's hesitating slightly when you step on it, and there's almost no power at all in the bottom of the fifth and sixth gear ranges. I KNOW that's not where power is supposed to be, but climbing hills in 6th was never a problem, and I could always accelerate easily enough without dropping a gear unless I really needed to move. When I floor it doing 50mph in 6th, virtually NOTHING happens. I know.. you don't do that in normal driving, you drop a gear or two... but I was just trying to see if I could get it to recreate the backfires or sputtering it did on Saturday. Anyway, no real drama during the drive other than perceived total lack of low-end power. Still felt strong in second gear. Who knows.. I've been driving my wife's ML500 which is a BEAST of a sport ute and our LX470, which is an almost eerily silent luxo cruise truck. Maybe I just forgot the noise and power limitations of the FR-S? Still seems like it stumbles/hesistates just a bit when throttle is goosed while idling in my driveway.
I've attached a pic of my dipstick re/ the overfilling. The red arrow is where the oil is now. The yellow arrow is where the oil is usually after the dealership does an oil change. This was measured five minutes after shutting off a completely warm engine on level ground in my garage. Soo... should I drain off a quart?
Thanks, all... sorry for the novel. That backfire and stumbling on Saturday, combined with the dry dipstick, has me completely freaked. Car has never, ever hiccuped. Looked around the engine bay with a mirror and flashlight.. can't see any evidence of leakage anywhere. Will check garage floor later.
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When I finally got my car back after three weeks, my oil level was the same as this. Do you think they deliberately overfill the oil? I drained the oil and strained it looking for any sign of sealant. It was clean. So now I'm not quite as nervous every time I start the car. I only need half a xanax now.
It's amazing. For 145,000 miles I had total confidence in the car and after the recall I expect it to blow up every time I start it up. Having the recall done was one of the stupidest things I have ever done.
IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.