Blown gt3 engine

Marioignacio
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I have a friend who supposedly suffered a blown engine due to an oil change and over fill.

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Has anyone had something similar occur?

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Haven't had that happen and that would be an expensive lesson not to overfill. I have had my 991.2 GT3 throw the overfill message after I changed the oil. Oil level was fine after the change, but after a run, I had to take about 3/4 a cup of oil out. The car does throw the message on the dash if it's overfilled for the 2015-on cars.

Depending on the amount of overfill and how hard the engine was run, you can definitely damage the engine.
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Marioignacio wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 12:45 pm I have a friend who supposedly suffered a blown engine due to an oil change and over fill.
Same answer as toddinmd.

Am I correct in assuming that your use of "supposedly" indicates that your friend is not 100% sure that an overfill is the cause of the blown motor?

Some specifics would probably help too - model, year, mileage, performance mods, how it's been maintained and by whom, what kind of driving at the moment the engine blew.
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Wow that is scary.

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