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Personally I doubt too much lube will slow things down. They say don't overlube so that it isn't dripping all over the place, on your rails and electric contacts. Many times I have put quite a bit of lube and I noticed that excess just gets scattered all over the inner of the shell because of fast gear rotation, leaving only minimum that is enough for lubrication. Have a closer look if there are any contact problems, sparks under the wheels. And make sure it isn't just illusion that it moves slower. I often have this when have two identical engines but one is quet and the other is noisy. I was very surprised when I put them both and they move with the same speed. Besides humans aren't very good at determining speed. That's why we have speedometers and speed guns. As long as there are no loud noises, the engine is probably fine.
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