Thrdlife

Just did my oil change with 6 quarts and on the dipstick it reads a little bit higher then the full mark but not by much... should i drain a little out?

Reading the forum i read of some people using 5.5 quarts all the way to 7 qts

sepsis

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I use 5 3/4 lol

It's just a little above the full line.

RPM WS6

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5.5 never seems to be enough to reach the full mark. I usually do 5.75-6, and sometimes it overshoots the mark by a little. I don't worry about it.

LS-ONE_DAY

6 for me

Junkyarddog89

Capacity says 5.5, I run 6. A little above the full line is fine, If it starts coming out of the valve covers its too much.

xhifer

6 here as well. If it's a little above dip stick, it's fine.

myk

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Yay for this thread! No more half empty/full bottles of Pennzoil Platinum rolling around the house!

udienow

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I use the bigger mobil oil filter (M1-206 if i recall correctly) with 6 quarts of oil, and it is perfectly full every time.
But as for you, I would not worry about it. Run the bigger filter next time though, and you really wont have to worry about it.

777Shock777

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I generally try to shoot for 5.5 to 5.75 give or take a little bit.
Never had any problems on mine

NVUSZ28

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5 plus lucas oil stabilizer....

redtan

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My ls2 calls for 6.5 quarts with filter, I just dump in a full 7 quarts. Half a quart more is not enough to cause problems, and it's always good to have a little extra oil for hard cornering or in case you burn off some.

CameronVic

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Nothing like some snake oil to totally screw up what the manufacturer of the 5 said quarts designed.

camaroboy14

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I use 5.5 and top off the oil filter

Z28/2002

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Running six here with the truck filter

RevGTO

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That's what I do - until this time. Went to the parts counter and asked for a Wix filter for 2002 Silverado 5.3 just like always, and this time he came back with the short filter. Double checked and he said the short filter was the only part # they showed

jbro90

I have a 2001 z28 and I use 6 quarts of castrol full synthetic with a ac delco oil filter and don't have a problem I would always want a bit more than what it needs then less then what it needs. From what I have read you really don't have to worry about hurting anything until like 7 which is a lot more than what you need for your car.

4get gto

I buy 6 qts. Put in 5 , run , check, Then adjust. Add as needed....

HoLLo

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I've been using 6 qts as long as I've had my car, and a K&N filter, simply because it has a nut on the bottom to loosen it with.

Midnight02

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+1 for 6 quarts and I always end up a tad over the fill line.

Cjm1991

Put a tad over 5.5 and you should hit the fill line on the dot, then add the rest after driving it for a while. I always top off oil filter before putting the new one in on any of my performance cars. Probably makes no difference but it does in my head lol