Need advice. Garage overfilled oil in my 03 Mercedes C230k sport coupe.

[RyanA]

How much do I remove? Decided to take my 2003 C230k coupe I-4 1.8L to a garage down the street from where I work. Was getting tired of the $300 and $400 glorified oil changes known as Service A and Service B. Anyway, I was sure to ask them if they could handle this car and they said no problem. 4 miles down the road I got a red-screen warning saying "ENGINE OIL LEVEL - REDUCE OIL LEVEL." Called the garage, they said don't worry. The oil takes time to settle, call tomorrow if it continues. I gave it 8 hours, warmed it up and took it for a drive. There it was again. Came home, did some research. They added 7 liters (7.4 quarts) and by all accounts I have read this engine takes only 5.8 or 6 quarts. I put together a homemade siphon pump out of some household stuff, got some information on the convenient oil output valve on top of the engine and gave it a try. Worked great. I've taken out somewhat short of a half gallon of oil, so I would say between 1.5 and 2 quarts. I took it out for another drive and am still getting the warning, but it takes much longer for it to appear. Was taking 3-5 minutes before, close to 10+ now.

So my question is, do I keep removing oil until it's happy or should I acknowledge there should be another problem? Never got this message before. When it's a little low on oil it tells me to add a quart and I do. It's always been happy.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

[xxinlikeflynnxx]

That garage made a mistake and over filled your car. "The oil takes time to setttle" is total BS. I assuming your car doesn't have a dipstick and it reads oil level electronically. I would bring it back to that garage and tell them that it's overfilled and they need to lift it up and drain some out for you until the oil level is accetable. This problem should not totally rest on your shoulders you paid to have service done and a mistake was made...it happens...make them rectify it.