vfr oil level too high

Hi,
I just changed the oil in my 2005 vfr800 I put the bike on it's center stand and I filled it up to the mark and ran the engine to check for leaks. Then I checked the oil level and I topped it up to the mark. Now I went for a ride and I put the bike on it's center stand and checked the oil and it's over the full mark by maybe half an inch, maybe less. I will remove the filter to drain some oil out of it but since I went for a ride could I have caused some damage to the seals and gaskets with that much over?

 

No no no, just drain and dont keep running it like that.
You just need to run the bike before you top off. I mean run it for a while, bring up to temp then let sit for half hour then fill.

 

what about the oil level that's too high do you think it could of cause some damage?

 

Could but probaly not.

 

Don't these bikes have an overflow to prevent such damage?

 

Most likely no. Just drain the engine oil down to the proper level on the sight glass and you should be good to go.

As a general rule of thumb after you do an engine oil and filter change run the engine for about 2 to 3 minutes,shut it down and wait about ten minutes or so to give the oil that was pumped up high in the engine some time to run back down to the oil pan. Then recheck the engine oil level and add some if necessary.

 

People worry too much. The worst it would do is oil-foul your sparkplugs.

 

Could you remove some oil through the oil fill opening with a suction gun?
Seems like it would be much less messy than loosening a filter.

 

I would suggest that if you stuck that IUD into the hole and were to draw out some fluids, you can assume that you would be lowering the oil level. Make sure you are not contaminating the oil with some unknown residue on the suction gun though. But that almost sounds kinky.

 

turkey baster that you don't want to use on food also works well to remove oil or brake fluid or whatever

 

I don't want to fuel the OP's fear of engine damage, but this is not entirely true. If you overfill an engine enough that the crank is bathing in oil it will aerate and cause a lack of lubrication just as if you had no oil at all. I seriously doubt that the OP did this however as he would have been complaining of milky oil in the sightglass instead of it being overfilled.

 

+1 I used one of those to lower the oil level on a friends bike after he overfilled it. Turkey baster idea is awesome too, and much cheaper.