[V8] Engine Oil Quantity

Wed Dec 31 14:46:32 EST 2003

If anyone can make sense of these part numbers, here is what I got from the 
elcats site:

tube       077 115 630 C
dip stick  077 115 607 E
0-ring     034 115 427 B

My car is a '91 5 speed and again, it reads full with 10 qts.

Dave

Quoting 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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