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I'm sorry but that isn't 200 ml. Grab your kitchen measuring cup and see how much is 200 ml (use water of course).
Too much oil in the sump will contribute to excess oil out of the blow by. I don't know how it is on CrD but on Di 7.5 L is all it takes to go to full mark on the dipstick.
There is a picture somewhere with oil sump removed and filled with 8.2 L of oil, it literally almost overflows at the side edges.
That's plainly wrong but is a result of Nissan doing a dodgy fix on early 5.6 L oil volume.
If you are not doing oil changes yourself chances are that mechanics are overfilling the engine every oil change progressively as it takes a while to drain it properly (I allow for + 1 hour)
No garage will do that, at best it will be like 10 mins.
Check the oil level in the morning before you start the engine so you can see where it is on your dipstick.
Cheers
Last edited by Rumcajs; 18th May 2014 at 03:40 PM.
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