So I did an engine flush and oil change and used 5 quarts of 10-30... I was looking on the back of the 2wd manual and it said 4quarts. Did I seriously over fill my engine by a lil over a quart?

How can I go about correcting this?

 

I'm sure your fine. Go by the dip stick more. Check the dip stick and see how bad it is. You can unscrew the oil filter and dump out the oil. This will cause you to loose some but not all. You can go slow with the drain plug. Or use a siphon hose through the dip stick tube, to suck some out.

 

Well i assued it was a 5 quart capacity. Either way the engine is much improved and runs and sounds much better. If you haven't done a flush I strongly recommend it. You would not believe what came out. I'm gunna give it another good flush soon. Also, can i use rtv on my valve covers? or should i get a real gasket?

 

Just get the gasket. They are cheep and simple to install.

 

Well my wifes intrepid says 4.5 Quarts in the manual but i hafta add 5 to get it to the middle of the safe mark...

 

How is a engine flush done? I noticed you said you used 10-30 oil I thought Dakotas manuals recommend 5-30 oil?

I guess I should read up about different engine oils

 

From the 1995 and 1996 service manuals:
5W-30: below -20F to 60F (below -29C to 16C)
10W-30: 0F to above 100F (-18F to above 38C)

 

An engine flush is done by pouring a kersosene based cleaner in with the oil and letting the engine run at temperature for 10-15 minutes and then changing the oil and filter with really cheap stuff, running the engine for another 5-10 minutes, and then changing them again.

I would never in a million years recommend anybody flush their engine with kerosene. The cleaner itself won't hurt anything, but kerosene will dissolve just about anything, and if your engine is gummed up bad, you can break it all loose too fast and plug up oil passages, gum up bearings, etc. I've heard many horror stories of engines dying 100-200 miles after a flush.

 

Just run some SeaFoam (or, Mopar Combustion Chamber Cleaner) thru the engine following the instructions on the can.
Use a good oil and filter, change them regularly, and it will keep your great engine purring right along.

 

WOWWWWWWWWWWW please don't jinx me.

It's recommended to flush your engine after a certain amount of miles and oil change places such as valvolene offer an engine flush service. I didn't use the whole flush it was about half a quart mixed with 4 or so quarts of dirty oil. There were no "chunks" but there was dirt in the drain pan. All I did was run it for about 5 minutes and then I replaced the filter and added new oil.

Also the oil circulates through the filter every 5 minutes (i think) and filters are supposed to capture particulate smaller than the eye can see, so wouldn't the filter capture anything large enough to black an oil passage?