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Originally Posted by bizintine
strat61caster, yes i followed your exact description when checking and both holes were still dry. However I left the car parked on a level surface overnight and rechecked this morning. The oil now shows slightly above the bottom hole. Perfect! I guess you really have to give the oil time to drain with these engines. Thanks to everyone that helped. Also, I am new here. How exactly do you give people an official "Thank You" ?
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If you are just above the bottom hole it may not be a bad idea to add a little more oil to be on the safe side, it's surprising you have added so much but you haven't gone overboard yet. Keep an eye on it, you should be able to see oil in the bottom hole easily after waiting for 5-10 minutes after engine shut off.
Looking at the shop manual, the engine actually should take 5.7 US Quarts when the oil filter is replaced and 6.7 quarts when filling a completely dry engine (for example after the engine is taken apart and put back together. Maybe you were extra thorough in getting oil drained out?
The last culprit could be a minor misunderstanding is if you used a gallon jug of oil in conjunction with a smaller bottle, the gallon should have 4 Qts. so an additional 0.8 on top of that would give you the reading you are observing, maybe even a miscount of how many bottles got poured in? I've done both those things and it took me some time after doing my first oil change to get used to reading the dipstick on this car.
You will be able to use the thanks button once you make 10 posts, no worries.
