# Electronic failure and oil over fill

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/electronic-failure-and-oil-over-fill/160716>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, cobalt\
**Created:** [March 10, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electronic-failure-and-oil-over-fill/160716 "2020-03-10T18:45:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![DryG306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@DryG306](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DryG306)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electronic-failure-and-oil-over-fill/160716/1 "2020-03-10T18:45:28Z")

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Hello, so I was driving my cobalt and once I got to the freeway and sped up at a fast rate my electronics slowly started turning off(dash lights radio ect) followed by the car itself. I called a tow truck and they suggested just boosting it. It was having a tough time starting. Just spinning and grinding and clunking.

The tow drink driver said to check the oil, which read 0 oil. It didn’t make sense since I just changed the oil a couple months ago and have saw no leaks. I topped it up with about 2 quarts. It eventually started very rough. Bucking and misfiring when it did start. Managed to drive it home and when stopped at a red light it would buck and misfire like crazy. Once I home I added 2 more quarts.

Next day now(didn’t drive it since), there was oil leaking everywhere and upon checking the dipstick it was reading twice the amount over the fill line, a good 3-4 inches on the stick it self. So I just drained all the oil and refilled it. Now it doesn’t even start, I just get a spinning sound with some click/clunk sounds occasionally. So many things at once has me confused where to start.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electronic-failure-and-oil-over-fill/160716/2 "2020-03-10T18:50:58Z")

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The first thing to do is remove the valve cover, and see if the oil drain-back hole on the head is plugged

Tester