[V8] Engine Oil Quantity
Michael Larosa Jr
Mc.Larosa at Sun.COM
Wed Dec 31 14:49:19 EST 2003
hhhhmmmm, been trying to remember why it went from 10 to 8.5.......
but I brain is apparenty drying out in my old age.... I do know that
I burned up oil quickly if i put more then 8.5 qiarts....
Mike,
dsaad at icehouse.net wrote:
>
> 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>
> > > > 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
> > > >
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