oil level?

guys...what can cause oil level to rise on dipstick?
had bad starting problems which seem to be sorted with new glo plugs any
thoughts on whether cranking for long periods with out starting could
have caused it?
heres hoping its not too bad...steve

On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 15:21:32 +0000, steve <[email protected]>
wrote:

>guys...what can cause oil level to rise on dipstick?
>had bad starting problems which seem to be sorted with new glo plugs any
>thoughts on whether cranking for long periods with out starting could
>have caused it?
>heres hoping its not too bad...steve

Water or fuel in the oil, nothing else would cause it to rise. I
suppose if you've got dodgy rings it could be letting fuel past into
the sump on an extended cranking.

Alex

On Saturday 15 Jan 2005 15:21, steve <[email protected]> wrote in
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> guys...what can cause oil level to rise on dipstick?
> had bad starting problems which seem to be sorted with new glo plugs any
> thoughts on whether cranking for long periods with out starting could
> have caused it?
> heres hoping its not too bad...steve

Probably fuel leaking in, maybe through the injector pump.
If it was water you'd know about it by looking at the appearance of the oil.

Diesel-contaminated oil is a very poor lubricant so you'll be looking at
replacing things like valve guides if you continue to run it like this.

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steve wrote:

> guys...what can cause oil level to rise on dipstick?
> had bad starting problems which seem to be sorted with new glo plugs any
> thoughts on whether cranking for long periods with out starting could
> have caused it?
> heres hoping its not too bad...steve

Assuming it is a Series Landrover, it must be fuel or water in the sump. If
water, the appearance of the oil should make this obvious.
If it is fuel, the obvious source is the fuel lift pump has a perforated
diaphragm, that is allowing it to leak into the sump. Can't be too bad or
it would be impossible to start. Possibly a faulty seal in the injection
pump, although I have not heard of this. A long shot could be fuel injected
into the cylinders and leaking past the rings through cranking without
firing, although to get enough this way to show on the dipstick you must
have a pretty good battery. Another long shot is fuel getting in the same
way through persistent misfiring for whatever reason.
All of these should be fairly easy to find and fix, but I would not run it
too long with a significant amount of fuel in the oil.
JD

"steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> guys...what can cause oil level to rise on dipstick?
> had bad starting problems which seem to be sorted with new glo plugs any
> thoughts on whether cranking for long periods with out starting could have
> caused it?
> heres hoping its not too bad...steve

Supplementing the other answers, I would seriously look at the lift pump.
This can leak fuel into the crankcase and is reasonably common.

This is one good reason for regular checks on fluid level even if nothing is
noted from one year to the next. One day......................


Huw

Huw wrote:
> "steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>guys...what can cause oil level to rise on dipstick?
>>had bad starting problems which seem to be sorted with new glo plugs any
>>thoughts on whether cranking for long periods with out starting could have
>>caused it?
>>heres hoping its not too bad...steve
>
>
> Supplementing the other answers, I would seriously look at the lift pump.
> This can leak fuel into the crankcase and is reasonably common.
>
> This is one good reason for regular checks on fluid level even if nothing is
> noted from one year to the next. One day......................
>
>
> Huw
>
>
thanks y'all for the ideas so far, my thoughts are along the lines of
fuel getting in through cranking for long peroid. i drained some oil out
this evening and went for a long run, i'll check levels again in the
morning, no noticeable diesel smell in the oil i drained tho...
when starting it was puffing loads of smoke ( acrid smelling like cold
start smoke but also tinged with blue ), and running very lumpy too.
steve

200tdi rangerover classic
2.5di transit! series 2a station wagon

"steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> guys...what can cause oil level to rise on dipstick?
> had bad starting problems which seem to be sorted with new glo plugs any
> thoughts on whether cranking for long periods with out starting could
> have caused it?
> heres hoping its not too bad...steve

A rise up the stick while running is indicative of blow-by, otherwise I'll
agree with everyone else...it could have been fuel being forced through the
rings during the glo-plug issues.
Un-burnt fuel needs to go somewhere and while you keep cranking you kept
introducing more fuel.