R33 Gts25t Running Like S*%t After Service

[lilpeddie]

being the idiot that i am i took my car in for servicing to the only place i could get it done in the time frame i had kmart tyre an auto !! of all places

anyway not thinking much of it i drove here there an everyware (about 100k) and noticed as i got home the oil pressure was very high when i turned it off i herd a poping sound after letting it cool down the oil was past the notch on the dipstick

now its tapping and sluggish after getting the level right

so i need to know : will overfulling oil destroy it or just do enough damage for it to eventually destroy itself?

:at the back of the rocker cover ive noitced fresh oil is this normal or is the person who told me it is an idiot?

:does anybody know a mechanic north of perth who knows what theyre on about ie a specialist ?

ANY advice / input is much apreciated

has anyone had this happen to them?

[mad082]

how much over the full line was the oil? if it was only 2mm or so then that's fine. if you were to start the car, let it run for a few seconds and then turn it off and check the oil level you would find that it would probably be pretty close to spot on. it isn't until all the oil drains back out of the head that it will actually go above the line.

as for oil at the back of the rocker cover, it is common for them to leak from there. it may just be that you hadn't noticed it before hand.

the only thing to really worry about is the weight of the oil used. that is something you need to find out. too thin or too thick could cause issues. if the weight of the oil that they used is ok then any noise you are hearing may have absolutely nothing to do with what they have done and may be purely coincidence. hard to say unless you know all the facts.

as far as servicing a skyline goes, for things like an oil change they aren't any more special than any other car. as long as a good oil was used and it's the right sort of weight then it shouldn't really matter who you take it to.

[lilpeddie]

it was almost at the second notch

yeah i went back and they changed the oil after ringing someone who aparantly knows do you know what weight oil it needs

ok so the whole oil issue aside do you know of a reliable place to take it ? i need to get it looked at because something isnt right aye