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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 11:18 PM
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What would happen if you only put 6qts of oil instead of the 8qts and drive say til it reaches 50% oil life and then realize it? Just asking but seriously need to know.
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 08:49 PM
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Nobody has a clue?
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 09:28 PM
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It will be fine. Low oil isn't as bad as over filling. Your oil light didn't come on?
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 09:31 PM
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u've probably driven it 3-5k miles already, so just change it now... if nothing has happened by now, i'm sure nothing will... 6qts is still alot of oil...
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 11:07 PM
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Thats correct the low oil light never came on. After my wife came back from school, I changed the oil and filter out. I wonder why it does have a little miss thou. 18,000 miles on the odometer. Small but kind of annoying. Thanks for chiming in guys.
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The miss is more than likely the cam your feeling.
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 03:50 AM
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The stock cam? No way
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