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SUPER-H
03-31-2007, 07:44 AM
Have truck in sig have the plug and the filter off draining overnight. How much oil will it take to put her bake on the "full" with new filter and the pan dry???

ZL-1
04-01-2007, 04:10 PM
Have truck in sig have the plug and the filter off draining overnight. How much oil will it take to put her bake on the "full" with new filter and the pan dry???
Shallow pan takes about 7.75 quarts, and the spin on will take, maybe 4 to 8 ozs. You can measure your old fluid to see how much you took out and the fluid being cold, you will come pretty close to exact...

crashpilot
04-03-2007, 02:46 PM
Shallow pan takes about 7.75 quarts, and the spin on will take, maybe 4 to 8 ozs. You can measure your old fluid to see how much you took out and the fluid being cold, you will come pretty close to exact...
I think he said 2 gallons. :p:

ZL-1
04-04-2007, 04:19 PM
Yes, and some advice too...:)

09dave52
04-04-2007, 09:33 PM
Yep, sounded like two gallons to me too.:D

ZL-1
04-05-2007, 01:25 PM
Yes, and some advice too...:)
Better to measure what you drained out to know exactly how much to put back in...