[V8] Engine Oil Quantity

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

I wonder if there is in fact two different length dipsticks?
Mine reads right at the full mark if I put in 10 qts.
At 8 qts the level is still just above the bottom plastic part of the stick.
I think mine would hold steady at 8 qts, but it is so hard to read the level 
that I usually add some to get a good reading. I am really thinking about 
shortening my dipstick tube to solve this unless I can just but a new dipstick.

Dave

Quoting Jeff Goldberg <jgoldberg at ntelos.net>:

> 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>
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> >
> > 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
> >
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