[V8] Engine Oil Quantity

[Jeff Goldberg]

I have reduced my oil changes to 8 quarts based on replies I got regarding an
earlier thread about smoke. I was getting serious smoke screens after 3-4 miles
of closed throttle coasting at speeds of 55-70mph.  I'd get to the bottom of the
hill, press on the gas and...holy smoke screen, Batman.  The lower oil level
seems to make a difference.

My 8 quart oil level is toward the bottom of the dip stick.  I drip a fair
amount of oil :( and find it's off the stick at 2 quarts low.

Happy New Year.

Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf
> Of George Kauffman
> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 1:14 PM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] Engine Oil Quantity
>
>
> Wait! This info from Ingo regarding a TSB 13 years ago regarding reduction
> in oil capacity to 8 quarts is interesting *but* using the top of the lower
> plastic piece on the oil dipstick as the "full" mark is news to me! I've
> been adding 2 quarts of oil (almost) when the level drops to that point
> (which seems to be very often).
> So I'd appreciate hearing some confirmation that I should consider the oil
> to be full at the top of the bottom plastic piece on the dipstick. If that's
> true, then my car hasn't been using much oil after all, and instead (I
> guess) has been blowing it out somewhere.
> George Kauffman
> 1990 V8
> (156,000 miles)
>
> -----Original Message-----
>  Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:13:36 -0500
> From: "Stafford, Kenneth A." <stafford at WPI.EDU>
> Subject: [V8] Engine Oil Quantity
> To: <v8 at audifans.com>
> Message-ID:
>         <0FDFC33E89EC734387E0359C1662EFB504383084 at mail.admin.wpi.edu>
> Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="US-ASCII"
>
> What's this about the oil capacity (for refill) going from 10 qts to 8 qts?
> Was this a service bulletin?  Is there a re-marked dip stick?  I've always
> filled mine to the full mark (10 qts).  Oil temp runs at about the first
> unlabeled mark (100?) and the level is normally just about down to the fill
> mark at my 5000 mi change time.
>
> Ken Stafford
> 91 V8Q 200K
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:39:48 -0500
> From: "Ingo D. Rautenberg" <ingo at waratap.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] Engine Oil Quantity
> To: "Stafford, Kenneth A." <stafford at WPI.EDU>, <v8 at audifans.com>
> Message-ID: <000701c3cf0c$afccaf10$52bab1d0 at ingo>
> Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Yep.  There was a TSB years ( July 1990?) ago about this, and it was
> designed to avoid oil cavitation.  Generally what this means is that you'd
> fill up to just above the top of the bottom plastic piece of the dipstick
> IIRC.
>
> BTW -- Wow!  2 qts for 5k miles.  What type of oil are you running (not to
> start another oil thread).  Must do a lot of highway driving...
>
> HTH
>
> -Ingo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stafford, Kenneth A." <stafford at WPI.EDU>
> To: <v8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 2:13 PM
> Subject: [V8] Engine Oil Quantity
>
>
> What's this about the oil capacity (for refill) going from 10 qts to 8 qts?
> Was this a service bulletin?  Is there a re-marked dip stick?  I've always
> filled mine to the full mark (10 qts).  Oil temp runs at about the first
> unlabeled mark (100?) and the level is normally just about down to the fill
> mark at my 5000 mi change time.
>
> Ken Stafford
> 91 V8Q 200K
>
> _______________________________________________
> V8 mailing list
> V8 at audifans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/v8
>
>
>
> ---
> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.556 / Virus Database: 348 - Release Date: 12/26/2003
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> V8 mailing list
> V8 at audifans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/v8
>
>
> End of V8 Digest, Vol 2, Issue 46
> *********************************
>
> _______________________________________________
> V8 mailing list
> V8 at audifans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/v8