white smoke is coolant. typically too much oil will have a detrimental effect on your head gasket. a failing head gasket usually leads to coolant leaking which means white smoke. at least, that's how I understood it.

check your coolant level.

Thank CakeTech.

sorry, but why in the hell are you still driving the car!

It`s not hard to get a pan and drain the excess out slowly bit by bit.

what kind of dealership charges $22.XX nowadays.....from my shopping around, the lowest i saw was $34.XX before taxes. you sure you didn't go to mr.lube?

Sounds like Mr.Lube or some other greasepit to me...

its 22x.xx not 22.xx.

anyways. stop driving it. drain all the oil and refill it yourself

Excessive white smoke is coolant in the combustion chamber.

Blue-ish Black smoke would be oil in the combustion chamber.

Grey-ish Black is excessive fuel in the air/fuel misture.

Um..with such a new car, if the dipstick is filled up half way, I would think that the oil pressure light would come on immediately, no? That is a LOT of excess oil.

Well, of course it's not hard to get a pain and drain the excess oil but since he got the oil change from a dealership, he has warranty on that service.

Forgot to ask you this.

What calour is the oil when you pull up the dip stick?

If its still brown black, then yes. The dealer forgot to drain it first.
Clear like new, overfill.

Good luck with this.

Oil lights come on when there's typically less than 5psi oil pressure. Not when there's excessive. Generally speaking, most oil pressure "sensors" are not sensors. They're just switches. On or off. Nothing in between.

^Oh, never knew the specifics. I've seen a few cars that have oil lights come on due to too much oil, I thought it was generic across the board. Good to know.

The reason oil lights can come on when there's too much oil is due to aeration. The crankshaft starts whipping up the oil making lots of air bubbles, and last I checked, it's hard to pump air hydraulically. Ergo, the gauge reads less than 5psi hydraulic pressure, oil light comes on.

Btw. If anyone is ever driving and you see the oil pressure light come on, pull over immediately, turn the key off, and call a tow truck. If you decide to drive it, it's your engine, and you're the one who can deal with the repair bill that could've been $100 or less, but is now $3000 or more.

I believe VW's have an audible sensor when there's low oil pressure. My female friend has an MK3 VW Jetta and she told me it occasionally the car made a warning sound when she drove. I told her it's probably the oil pressure warning alarm and that she should stop driving. She told me that it has been doing it for weeks and she didn't bother with it because it went away eventually and would only come on when she was going up hills. So much for buying cars that are "lady driven".

anyways did you go back to the dealership and bit** at them?

wow thats horrible
let us know what they say
good luck