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How Much Oil
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 12:35 pm
by fil
I belive my dipstick dosnt read correctly so i cant tell how much oil the car needs.
As im about to do an oil change i wanted to know how much oil to put in
Thanks heaps
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:03 pm
by Alspos
From the manual for a US Staz.
Crankcase 3.8 lt
Oil filter 0.5 lt
Oil cooler 0.4 lt
Put 4 litres in, it'll be fine. There will be a little left in the motor after you drain it and chuck the filter.
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:18 pm
by Eurotrash
Has someone cut the end off as a gag?
Or is it a left handed one in a right handed sump LOL
4.5 lt from memory
I have a workshop manual for my 86 I'll confirm that later
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 2:50 pm
by fil
i dont know it just seems to be far to long for the disiered aplication
Re: How Much Oil
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 10:01 am
by Chris 83JA
fil wrote:I belive my dipstick dosnt read correctly so i cant tell how much oil the car needs.
Do you have the problem where there's different amounts of oil on each side of the dispstick?
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 10:29 am
by Chryzla
if that happens just measure the distance inbetween and call it centre.
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 12:48 pm
by Camotec
I also had this issue so I scored my own markings on the Dipstick
yeah its roughly 4.5 litres
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 1:20 pm
by Alspos
See if you can borrow somebody elses, compare and mark it yourself
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 7:59 pm
by Paradoxx
mine takes five litres, but that is prolly because the oil cooler has been moved further away... but then again the sump has been made smaller... i would put in a random value between 4.5 and 5 litres :)
lol
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:27 pm
by StarionBoy
a random value gets my vote :D
my brothers ex gf's car had a dodgy dip stick.. it was about 2 inchs shorter than mine, so she could only check the oil when ever i was at their house or they were here rofl