# Oil Drip **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [November 8, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-drip/39174 "2009-11-08T00:21:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![melott](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/melott/32/10827_2.png) [@melott](https://community.cartalk.com/u/melott)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-drip/39174/1 "2009-11-08T00:21:41Z")
Oil drip off oil pan started suddenly. Chevy 350. I overfilled it by about 1/2 quart, could that do it? Could this raise the level in the pan enough to be above the pan gasket when at rest…? ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-drip/39174/2 "2009-11-08T03:16:53Z")
Even though your oil leak discription is pretty vague nothing bad happened because of a half quart overfill. A “leak” or “drip” that developes after a oil change would send me back to check out my drain plug surface or gasket. Give the oil pan retention bolts a uniform “snug up” I would think that half a turn at the very most would do it if it would help at all. What I am getting at is don’t over tighten the oil pan bolts. ---
**Author:** ![stephaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@stephaan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/stephaan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 11:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-drip/39174/3 "2009-11-08T11:31:13Z")
I don’t think 1/2 quart would raise it enough to reach the top of the pan. How do you know it was only 1/2 quart overfull? Did you just change the oil and filter? It might be residual oil from the filter being taken off and spilled on the eng. I know the pan and filter are a ways apart for this to happen but the only other thing I can think of is the drain plug is leaking or possibly when you were pouring oil in the top some spilled and ran down the side of the engine.