What Are The Risks Of Overflowing The Drain?

To ensure the proper functioning of a vehicle, you must carry out certain maintenance regularly. This is particularly the case with oil change which allows you to replace used engine oil with new one.

Indeed, this intervention must be carried out in compliance with the manufacturer’s recommendations. Exceeding the periodicity could lead to serious consequences for your engine and even a loss of the manufacturer’s warranty.

Exceeding drain: what are the risks for your engine?

Theoil motor plays multiple roles:

• It guarantees the lubrication of the engine and its organs: this helps to delay the ;wear of friction parts;
• It ensures the transport of dirt and impurities which could be deposited on the oil filter.

However, it can happen that the engine oil wears out. To continue to benefit from its properties and not alter the operation of the vehicle, you must therefore perform an drain.

This must be done in compliance with the intervals indicated by the manufacturer. It is therefore strongly recommended not to wait for certain symptoms to appear before carrying out this intervention.

In fact, the oil change must be carried out on average every year or every 10,000 at approximately 15,000 kilometers for a gasoline engine and every 20,000 kilometers for a diesel. But this periodicity can vary depending on several criteria: driving style, environment, number of kilometers traveled.

If the deadline is exceeded, you will have a lubrication defect of the engine and its parts, which can lead to several signs of wear:

• The engine oil light comes on ;
• Fouling of the engine which may cause difficulty or impossibility of starting;
• A loss of engine power;
• The release of smoke coming from the escape ;
• An overconsumption of fuel;
• The loss of viscosity of the engine oil;
• The presence of impurities in the oil.

Exceeding drain can lead to damage to engine components or even overheating or motor failure in the most extreme cases.

Important: before carrying out an oil change, you must make sure to choose the correct engine oil adapted (with the same viscosity).

If in doubt, do not hesitate to refer to your vehicle’s maintenance booklet. Also remember to check your engine oil level regularly and top up if necessary.

Overflow: what are the risks for the warranty?

Exceeding the drain does not only constitute a mechanical risk. But it can also affect the manufacturer’s warranty. In fact, each manufacturer offers certain coverage if the maintenance intervals are respected. This is for example the case for oil changes, revisions.

In fact, the service must be done every 15,000 kilometers (petrol) or 20 000 kilometers (diesel) or even every 2 years if you don’t drive a lot.

If you experience a breakage of the timing belt at 45,000 kilometers and the manufacturer notes that you only carried out the service between 30,000 and 35,000 kilometers, he can refuse to cover the repairs even if this malfunction has nothing to do with exceeding the drain.

You now know all the risks you run in the event of exceeding the drain. To avoid damaging your engine and its components but also losing the manufacturer’s warranty, we advise you to respect the maintenance intervals.