I had my car serviced at an independent last week. Having just checked the oil and coolant they are both overfull. Is this dangerous, or a don’t bother situation. Both are over by about half a litre at a guess.

On the oil level, was that hot or cold? And if you can put up a picture of the level indicator on the screen, we'll know better.

COLD CHECK

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic40450...level+cold



Coolant, cold level should be between the marks on the header bottle. Syphon it off to that level and keep a close eye on it and the oil.

Most likely just be overfilling by the indy.

Really, really worst case, something's leaking into either or both. Check the coolant header tank for signs of anything in it, oil perhaps.


EDIT make sure the car is level when checking the oil. Cheers
Richard

(there are no such things as an ordinary FullFat, an ordinary cat or too many tools)
2011 TDV8 Vogue Santorini Black
Gap IIDBT

Both were defiantly overfilled by the Indy. Oil was checked on level ground 15 minuets after a 30 minuet drive using the service menu is on the yellow at the top of the disply and the message oil is overfilled is displayed. I just wondered if I could get away with it, or I would have to high a pressure and it would cause problems.

I don't think you should get away with it. The manual says overfilling can have serioius consequences, so I'd recommend removing sufficient oil to show the correct level. You'll need a smal suction syringe or oil suction pump to do so from the suction pipe, rather than draining the oil from the sump plug.

I'll see if I can find reference to the consequences, but someone on here may be able to beat me to it. One is that the crank may contact the oil surface, whip up a foam and prevent the oil pump picking up sufficiently to supply sufficient oil and pressure. Cheers
Richard

(there are no such things as an ordinary FullFat, an ordinary cat or too many tools)
2011 TDV8 Vogue Santorini Black
Gap IIDBT

Thanks for responding. I will go back to the garage, I know the oil always has to be sucked out with my engine, thers's no sump plug.

I’m pretty sure there is a sump plug still. 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

In that case I was previously misinformed. But reassuring to know oil can still be drained the traditional way

Half a litre overfilled is nought to be concerned about

The WM states to remove the suction pipe at the sump end for changing by draining. There's a recent post on that I can't seem to find, but it's fiddly to get it back. There is also, IIRC, a mini-sump plug which drains the area of the turbo drain discharge into the sump. That may darin the whole sump, or not.

I agree with your taking the car back to the indy to sort. Cheers
Richard

(there are no such things as an ordinary FullFat, an ordinary cat or too many tools)
2011 TDV8 Vogue Santorini Black
Gap IIDBT

More info here

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic41966.html

 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

5% overfilled is not an issue.
Just drive the thing