I've had my Impreza about four years. I bought it at high mileage,
about 80,000 and its now at 170,000. I haven't had too many problems
with it, just higher maintenance costs on a higher mileage car.

Last Wednesday I let a friend of mine change my oil and by mistake we
put 5.5 quarts in! My brother and I today drained the whole thing and
replaced it with 4 quarts because it had started making this horrendous
noise. It still hasn't stopped making the noise and I'm worried I've
done some irreparable (or terribly expensive) damage to my car's
crankshaft. Any advice?

Also, though this seems like small potatoes in comparison with the
above problem, I'm having trouble finding my car's paint color at local
auto parts places. No one seems to have the color, I don't even know
the name. I know its stock, and the color code says 363, but its this
shade of plum purple that I can't seem to find anywhere, anybody know
where I could get it?

circeravaine@hotmail.com wrote:

> I've had my Impreza about four years. I bought it at high mileage,
> about 80,000 and its now at 170,000. I haven't had too many problems
> with it, just higher maintenance costs on a higher mileage car.
>
> Last Wednesday I let a friend of mine change my oil and by mistake we
> put 5.5 quarts in! My brother and I today drained the whole thing and
> replaced it with 4 quarts because it had started making this horrendous
> noise. It still hasn't stopped making the noise and I'm worried I've
> done some irreparable (or terribly expensive) damage to my car's
> crankshaft. Any advice?

I'd be surprised if the extra quart or so
would do any structural damage to the engine.
Are you sure you didn't drain the oil and
put 5.5 quarts of new oil in the transmission?

> Also, though this seems like small potatoes in comparison with the
> above problem, I'm having trouble finding my car's paint color at local
> auto parts places. No one seems to have the color, I don't even know
> the name. I know its stock, and the color code says 363, but its this
> shade of plum purple that I can't seem to find anywhere, anybody know
> where I could get it?
>

>
> I'd be surprised if the extra quart or so
> would do any structural damage to the engine.
> Are you sure you didn't drain the oil and
> put 5.5 quarts of new oil in the transmission?


Yes, positive. We only put in 4 quarts.