My truck has too much oil will it smoke

Asked by Guru618VD Mar 24, 2020 at 12:23 PM about the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Stepside RWD

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If my truck has too much oil will it smoke

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It might. Running the oil level too high can damage your engine.

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The oil will foam if you have too much in the engine. This will cause the oil pump to be sucking air bubbles instead of oil. The oil pressure will drop and serious engine damage can happen! Hope that helps! Jim

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