[V8] Engine Oil Quantity

[Mike]

Hmmm... Very interesting.  The Previous owner had written with a
permanent marker on the front fascia under the hood "8 quarts oil" on
mine.  Noticed oil consumption, 2 qts or so.  Out of curiosity, I
checked the Owners man. 10 quarts... Hmmm.  Next OC I put 10 quarts in.
1500 mi so far and no oil consumption.  Level was not over max.  Weird.

MIKE B.


-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
Of scott.olson at nokia.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 10:12 AM
To: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: [V8] Engine Oil Quantity

Ryan and others, 
I too noticed about 5 years ago that keeping the oil up at the top of
the full mark on the dipstick resulted in rapid consumption of oil-
maybe 1 quart per thousand miles.   I watch it carefully, so I tried an
experiment, and kept the level instead just above the fill mark.  This
resulted in nearly zero consumption. Ken, Dave Head, etc, thanks for the
'reason whys" on this - the 10qts to 8 qts misprint.
I use Amsoil Synthetic. 10w30.   (rated at 25k but I change it at about
15k)

Scott O
1990 V8 in Texas
Decided to fix the transmission yesterday.




From: Ryandfreise at aol.com
Subject: [V8] learn something new all the time!
To: v8 at audifans.com
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This list is the best thing I have ever found on the internet. I have
come 
across a few things lately that I may never have found out otherwise.
When the 
subject came up about the airbag recall I learned that I may not have
needed to 
purchase those 2 modules under the back seat (hoping this is also why
the 
airbag light doesn't go away, will let the list know shortly), and 8
instead of 
10 quarts of oil. I think I will probably still use 10 because it burns
more 
then I would like and I'm not the only one that drives it (I am the only
one 
that checks the oil : (  ). Also even though it was off topic I enjoyed
the post 
about top fuel dragsters

Ryan
still learning
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