I recently bought a 25 ton Dirty Hand Tools log splitter. I’ve been really happy with its performance. The manual says to change the engine oil after 5 hrs use. It’s been used for about 5 hrs, so I changed the oil yesterday. The manual says that the engine should need 20 oz oil. I drained the oil by removing the screw indicated in the picture with a red arrow. I left it draining for at least 1 hr. I then replaced the screw, and added exactly 20 oz of oil to the oil fill port (yellow arrow). However, I’m afraid that I somehow overfilled the oil. It was definitely passed the full line on the dip stick. I drained out some oil, and it was still passed the line.
I can certainly keep draining oil until it is no longer passed the line, however, I’m concerned because I don’t know where I went wrong. I would guestimate that I drained maybe 3-5 oz after filling. That means that I’ve only added 15-17 oz, and it still seems to be too much. So I’m wondering whether maybe I didn’t successfully drain the original oil, but I’m not sure how I could have messed that up. I let it drain for at least an hr, and there definitely wasn’t any more coming out. I’m not really an engine guy, so I’m sure I did something stupid, just can’t figure out what. Any thoughts?
I can certainly keep draining oil until it is no longer passed the line, however, I’m concerned because I don’t know where I went wrong. I would guestimate that I drained maybe 3-5 oz after filling. That means that I’ve only added 15-17 oz, and it still seems to be too much. So I’m wondering whether maybe I didn’t successfully drain the original oil, but I’m not sure how I could have messed that up. I let it drain for at least an hr, and there definitely wasn’t any more coming out. I’m not really an engine guy, so I’m sure I did something stupid, just can’t figure out what. Any thoughts?