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I put too much oil in my engine - probably about double what I should - a couple of months ago. I had no clue how to get it back out so I've been running the car like that.
In mid February it started getting a little sluggish, losing power while moving and requiring additional pressure on the clutch to maintain speed and power. However the clutch became a little sticky at around the same time and this led to the car almost kangarooing while driving.
I have been using it for the school run twice a day and not much more than that although for the past 3 weeks I have been driving it once a week on National roads - I get up to 50 max as it has other problems (wheel bearing and tracking I think) which affect the steering and control of the car and problems with the new brakes giving kickback and not always stopping the car.
Anyway back to the point. I had no clue how much damage too much oil could do to the engine until I read posts on this forum.
The other day, the engine finally spluttered and cut off at a set of traffic lights just round the corner from where I live. I did get it started again and drove the 200 yards home. The engine turned over yesterday and I drove a round trip of about 100 yards to test it. It was very spluttery but didn't quite cut off.
Is it beyond the point of saving and would I need to get a mechanic to come to the car rather than me drive it to them and do any more damage?
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