Oil & Fuel Kubota B20 - Engine oil overfilled? Yikes!!

[mzwillinger]

Just got a B20 and doing an oil change before putting hours on it. Drained the oil, surprising little came out, est 1-2 quarts. Specs says 4.1 qt capacity. I changed the filter and added 4 quarts. I started the engine, let idle, then checked the oil level. It is very overfilled according to the dipstick, like twice as much as it should have. I am not sure what to do.

First I double-checked that I drained from the correct spot and yes, from the bottom of the oil pan. The pan seems small. Not sure if I should drain and re-fill according to the dipstick or just call it good with 4 quarts.

Advice??

 

[AllDodge]

Unable to find just the B20, but did find the B2320 and 2620 and they use 3.1 Qt counting filter. My guess, as with any motor, you never get it all out, so maybe 2.5 to 3 would be max for a change

 

[moship]

I'd drain the new oil out in a clean pan and measure the volume, to see if it is more than what you put in.

Or put 2 quarts of water in your drain pan to see if it was close to what you remember. I'm guessing you underestimated the amount drained.

 

[kevinj]

Did ya drain both side of the pan?

 

[diesel85]

Kubota D950-A-DT diesel 3-cylinder liquid-cooled 56.6 ci [0.9 L]
Oil capacity: 4.1 qts [3.9 L]
Coolant capacity: 4.2 qts [4.0 L]

 

[mzwillinger]

Ok, looks the dipstick stopper had slid to the top of the dipstick.
Now I can adjust it and get an accurate reading.

I am sure it was running very low on oil for a long time, hopefully no harm done

 

[mzwillinger]

I measured the oil it had been running on, just 24 oz. Less than one quart

 

[goeduck]

Ok, looks the dipstick stopper had slid to the top of the dipstick.
Now I can adjust it and get an accurate reading.

I am sure it was running very low on oil for a long time, hopefully no harm done

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I wonder if that is a factory dipstick. The stopper is not fixed in position?

 

[moship]

Glad you figured it out.