Overfilling Oil - Worst Case Scenario

[Rod-Knox]

The engines that I have seen drastically over filled were smoking profusely from the tail pipe and running badly, often stalling at idle. None had a catastrophic failure. But then, none were 3.9L Mopar V6s. If a piston and a crankshaft throw are in the crankcase they would raise the level quite a bit. Was the engine running normally without smoking for 175 miles and then suddenly with no warning POPPED? The dip stick will have a residue on the length that extends out of the tube. Hydraulic lifters usually get quite noisy and cause a dramatic power loss long before a rod gets thrown due to oil foaming. The dark color and burned smell is puzzling. The worst overfill that I have cleaned up after had 10 quarts drained when it made it to the shop on its own power with the dipstick blown up out of its tube and oil sprayed up on the hood. It was a 4 cylinder Isuzu pickup.