2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Overfilled oil?

CLANE94

MEMBER
2009 MITSUBISHI LANCER
126,000 MILES

Ok so the other day I drove my Lancer to Riverside from Victorville. When I drove home on the Cajon Pass (a steep freeway) the car had a message that said to slow down and it made a noise similar to screeching. I then pulled into a gas station and shut the car off. When I turned it on again the message left and th noise was less prominent. The next day I decided to drive it and it started with the noise being even louder and the check engine light was on. When I pushed the peddle it did not move until I pressed it nearly all the way down. Today I noticed significant leaking every single placed I parked even if it was only for a minute. When I checked the oil it was clearly overfilled, very overfilled. The problem is I got the oil changed a month ago so it must have been even more filled. Does the oil have anything to do with all these problems?

Friday, September 6th, 2013 AT 8:25 PM

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CARADIODOC

MECHANIC
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If the oil was severely over-filled you would not have been driving the car for a month. It is more likely a cylinder head gasket is leaking coolant into the oil. Antifreeze will melt the first layer of the very soft engine bearings but that takes time to occur. If the coolant level is low, get the oil drained right away to get that coolant out of the oil system, then have a pressure test done. To be as bad as you described it I would expect to see the oil level go up very quickly again during that pressure test.

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Friday, September 6th, 2013 AT 8:35 PM