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Old 04-12-2004, 10:43 AM
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That is going to be tough. We don't know the pan, line size, oil cooler size, oil filter, how the dip stick was marked etc.

This next time around I am going to figure mine out exactly but in the past I have used a similar method as petek. I to do not bother with draining the cooler.

I drain the oil, fill the new filter and spin it on, put in two gallons and check the level. If good, fire it up, shut it down, wait a couple of minutes, top it off. I think if I went and drained the whole bloody thing it takes like 10.5 quarts. But as it is seems to me I add about 9 - 9.5 to get it full with out draining the cooler.

As you can see in just two responses there is a pretty wide range of capacity! If it is full, drain it, measure how much you drained and put that much back in as a start.

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