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I am on my original glow plugs at 165K miles and never had any issues like what you mention. I second the notion that the engine oil was overfilled. If it was truly a case of a runaway diesel, I would be a little scared since what basically happens is that the engine will run on its own oil until it has none left. Maybe they found a way to stop it in time. If it's running fine now, you are probably OK but keep an eye on oil consumption. Mine doesn't use any oil in between my 15K mile changes. Also, I suggest going with 4.5 quarts of oil. I never had any issues using 4.75, but it always was a little high on the dipstick when I used 4.75.

How does it run and drive? Any check engine light?

Welcome to the forum and may you have many happy miles in your diesel!

 

[diesel]

Thanks for the info guys. I hadn't thought of an overfill, but that makes perfect sense. I plan on taking over all the maintenance for this car, and only letting them touch the car if I need warranty work done.

Car runs great- smooth idle, smooth power, great MPG (50+ MPG on a 3 hour loop yesterday), and I even got it up to 110 MPH on the TX backroads. No CEL or anything, either. I'll try to get the oil changed in a few weeks- none of that crappy dealership crap for me, AMSOIL or Mobil 1 are my oils of choice.

Good to hear it runs well. Just to be safe, I would do an oil change ASAP to make sure you have good clean oil in there. You might also consider sending a sample of the existing oil off for analysis.