how much oil?
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Staging Lane
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how much oil? ok, i just got a GXP and sold my Formula, it's got 6k miles, and i changed the oil just after getting it from the dealer to get some mobile 1 in it
it took 7 qts of mobile 1 to get into the hashed section of the dipstick, is this normal? i know there are differences, but i never needed to put more than 6 qts into the ls1
anyone else need to use this much oil?
it took 7 qts of mobile 1 to get into the hashed section of the dipstick, is this normal? i know there are differences, but i never needed to put more than 6 qts into the ls1
anyone else need to use this much oil?
If you have 7 quarts in it drain it out and make sure you only have 6, you can really mess some **** up this way. Make sure you are on a level surface and give the oil time to drain back into the pan after you fill it. As long as the car runs in the hash marks its ok. If you put 6 quarts in it and it wont show full take the car to the dealer and see if it has the wrong dipstick, the one for the 3800 cars is probaly a different length.
Teching In
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Originally Posted by Mike's 01WS6
If you have 7 quarts in it drain it out and make sure you only have 6, you can really mess some **** up this way. Make sure you are on a level surface and give the oil time to drain back into the pan after you fill it. As long as the car runs in the hash marks its ok. If you put 6 quarts in it and it wont show full take the car to the dealer and see if it has the wrong dipstick, the one for the 3800 cars is probaly a different length.
The main thing is, when the car is running, check and see if there are a bunch of air bubbles on the dipstick, in the oil... This means the crank is sloshing in the oil (because there's too much in there), and bubbles in the oil can break down the hydro-dynamic bearings all over your engine, and cause metal on metal... Not good.
Mike
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Staging Lane
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checked it again, right dipstick, but i'm about 1/8 qt over, not a big deal with the oil these things burn, i didn't mention, but i changed the oil filter too, i'll use less next time, but everything seems ok
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Staging Lane
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Originally Posted by eddiemoney
1/8 of a quart. . .is that exact math 
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Originally Posted by BobS
I know the book says 6 quarts, the last time I got changed the technician told me it was actually closer to 6-1/2.
