I need help with an issue please. I had an oil change at a local shop and right after the car started having electrical issues. Battery light on, acting like alternator not working, etc. I opened the hood to check things out and found oil all over the entire engine and everthing under the hood. It was all over the alternator, belt, everything on the left side and center of the engine. I found that the dipstick was sticking out about 3 inches. The car would crank and engine sounded fine. It would go into a no rev safety type mode shortly after and then die. Lights are dim and no power steering. We had zero issues with the car until the oil change. I checked the oil and it was over the full mark even with all the oil everywhere. I'm thinking maybe it was over filled or the oil came out from were the dipstick wasn't put back properly and it spewed the oil everywhere. Maybe oil got on the belts causing power steering, alternator, battery issues. Car is 2007 s40. Will they purge oil like that if over filled or dipstick left out? Thanks

 

Best way to fix this is have the shop that screwed it up fix it or take it somewhere else and havethe first shop pay for it. You are going to need the oil changed again and set to the proper level (it sounds like it was overfilled). The engine will need to be steam cleaned or similar, and the serpentine belt changed since it was oil soaked. The car will be fine.

 

Thank you.

Will it blow oil out of the dipstick if it is not in all the way?

 

Dipstick hole should have vacuum.It only blows oil when the engine has been overfilled or it has way too much blow by.My guess is that they didn't drain the oil but filled it with new still.

 

I took it back to the shop that did the oil change. They couldn't figure out the problem so they sent it to another shop which called with a report.

Battery was bad.
Alternator was bad.
PVC valve is bad.
Has a power drain from something.

They are saying the bad PVC valve caused the oil hemorrhage which in turn caused all the other issues. I believe this could have happened but the timing bothers me.

This car was driven 60-80 miles daily with no issues until the oil change. Then had an oil blow out just after the oil was changed.

I think the oil should have been showing at a low level after it lost that much oil but it showed just over full after.

This tells me it had too much oil in it.

Is there anything the first shop could have done that caused the PVC valve to go out?

Would overfilling the oil help it go out if it was on its way?

I'm not looking to get something for free here but I don't want to fix their mistake either.

Please help. Thanks

 

PCV is either good or not meaning if its clogged its clogged.Driving longer distances is good for the PCV.Overfill would definitely clog it.Keep in mind that some of the shops are either affiliated or friends with each other and will protect their partners from the customers..
Oil on the aux belt will make it slip in turn the alternator won't charge in turn the battery dies.If as you say the oil level is still above max the answer is obvious.Overfill.

 

I think you are absolutely correct. I think the second shop is covering for the first. I asked the second shop if overfilling could cause the pcv valve to go bad and he said no it couldn't happen.
I suspected that overfilling could have caused the valve failure but they kept telling me no.
It just seemed like too much of a coincidence to happen so soon after the oil change. Especially with how much oil blew out and the level still showed good. It should definitely be showing a low oil level at this point.

Thanks

 

They are full of crap. Please do like I said, get the oil drained and refilled to the proper level, the engine cleaned and the belt changed and you should be fine.

 

I’d go with psaboic’s recommendation. Make sure you replace the aux belt and be sure to take a good look at timing belt to check that it is dry. If it’s not then I’m afraid you need to spend some cash to replace. Aux belt is an easy replacement but not timing belt. If timing belt too, then I might be tempted to ask for some $ from shop.