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Old Jul 1, 2021 | 03:27 PM
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I have a 2001 ZO6 engine. I changed the oil pan to have ground clearance. The guy I bought it from said it came off a LS3crate engine but I’m not sure. It has a GM #12624617 on the bottom of the pan . Its 5” deep. I’m not sure how much oil to put in the engine now. I don’t want over or under fill it. Anyone else used this pan?
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Corvette pan for wet sump models and it holds 6 qts.
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Old Jul 1, 2021 | 05:28 PM
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The pan I’m using is a Corvette pan? Not that it matters. I’m more concerned about its capacity.
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Old Jul 1, 2021 | 05:48 PM
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LS3 crate engines come with the Vette pan, as I have heard related here a few times, so you should be OK. And 6 quarts is close to what most LS pans hold, maybe a bit more.
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Obviously. My dip stick is useless. I’ll add 6 quarts and remark it. If you guys are positive I have a 6 quart pan.
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that GM part number and let us know what you find. Below was what I found for that part number and if you research oil capacity for those model year cars it will tell you that it's 6 qts.

https://www.gmpartsdirect.com/oem-pa...l-pan-12624617

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I have a 2001 ZO6 engine. I changed the oil pan to have ground clearance. The guy I bought it from said it came off a LS3crate engine but I’m not sure. It has a GM #12624617 on the bottom of the pan . Its 5” deep. I’m not sure how much oil to put in the engine now. I don’t want over or under fill it. Anyone else used this pan?
Did you change the pickup tube also? Different pans require different tubes.
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Yes I got the tube and windage tray with the pan.

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Also the windage tray maybe different then the one you have. Usually when switching oil pans you buy the pan, pickup tube, windage tray, dipstick and dipstick tube all for the application.In your case a 2008 base mode corvette would be what you would order all those parts for
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Also 6 quarts is what an oil change would be. A dry motor would be more then 6 quarts maybe 6.5 maybe a little more
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The oil capacity for Corvette 2005_2007 is 5.5 and 2008-2013 is 6.2
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From what I found whenI searched. It said the capacity is 5.5 for the pan part number.I got the tube and windage tray with pan.
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Engine will run fine with 5.5 qts. You could go 6.5 qts and all will be fine. Oil pan capacity might be 5.5, but the other half quart is in the filter and the galleries. Dump 6 quarts in, (I pre-fill my filters, but you don’t have to) start it up. Wait 5 minutes, pull dipstick and scribe new oil location on your stick. Go do burnouts.
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Thanks for the help guys. It’s appreciated.
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