[V8] 4.2 Oil capacity

[Brandon Hoag]

I put in 16 quarts. Only 8 of them stayed in the engine. The other 8 were
promptly spit on my driveway when I started her up..... Because the old
filter seal stated behind. Much swearing and heavy clean up ensued. Good
thing it was only $1.29 a quart!  The surging is gone and she blinks a nice
4444 now that the oxygen sensor is replaced. Only thing left is wires. I'm
pleased.
On Oct 14, 2014 5:18 AM, "Scott Justusson" <qshipq at aol.com> wrote:

> Going back to my old shop days....  There was a TSB issued by Audi on the
> fill capacity of the v8 engine.  The 'revised' oil change specifications
> went from 10 quarts to 8 quarts (top of the dipstick to the bottom).  The
> reason for this was excessive oil consumption complaints when the 'full
> mark' was used as reference for fill.  Back when I had many just out of
> warrantee v8 under my supervision, I attributed this consumption to one of
> the *worst* (if not the) PCV system designs in the v8 engine.   My
> observations (interestingly enough Ingo, with the PO of your first 5speed
> v8) indicated that sump sloshing would partially block the sump chamber,
> which would cause excess vacuum at the back of the DS head, literally
> sucking oil into the intake system.  The revised fill level reduced the
> amount of sump blockage enough so that oil consumption 'appeared' to
> decrease.  Best put - stabilized.
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> Also worthy of note, Audi considered 600miles per quart oil consumption
> within factory specification.  One might consider that excessive, but I am
> convinced they are right, because the PCV system is a faulty design that
> would make that consumption normal.
>
> IME with oil weights, any flavor/weights of synthetics will work fine.
> Back when the v8 was produced it was designed to be a dyno oil engine.
> Which means the increased temp range of synthetics means find which one is
> on sale?  Worthy of note, the diesel synthetics tend to have the higher
> zinc content than the automotive versions.
>
> HTH and my .02
>
> Scott Justusson
> 91 v8 Auto
> 92 v8 Auto
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>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
> To: Brandon Hoag <qu4ttro87 at gmail.com>
> Cc: q - V8 <v8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Mon, Oct 13, 2014 7:27 pm
> Subject: Re: [V8] 4.2 Oil capacity
>
>  The confusion (as I recall) lies in the fact that the initial quart
> capacity includes the oil that's in the rather substantial oil cooler below
> the radiator.
>
> Ingo
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Brandon Hoag <qu4ttro87 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Fleet Farm has M1 on sale for $6.xx right now. I almost got that... But
> > then I saw the Citgo for $1.29. I'll go stock up on the M1 since everything
> > else in my fleet gets that. I was going to get some pictures taken on
> > Sunday night after I washed and waxed it, but it gets dark do damn early
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