427 Oil Level Help

[AZMike427]

Originally Posted by Large Arbor

My dipstick goes on the passenger side front of the pan. Its right at 21" long if that helps. Looks to me like your dipstick is way too short.

Phil

Thanks Phil- is that the C70E-6750-A dipstick?

Originally Posted by dcdoug

To follow-up on what these other guys have said, are you sure that dipstick was calibrated? Doesn't sound like it. Most of the original style pans from Aviad/Armando/Kirkham are 9qt pans. When I changed from a smaller Canton pan to the Kirkham pan, I did the following:

Drain pan and fill pan with 8 qts and let sit overnight without starting the engine. Mark dipstick as "low". Add another quart (still don't start engine) and mark as "full". Assuming you replaced the filter too, then add 1 add'l quarter for the rest of the system.

Then start it and add oil if necessary to bring it back up to the "full" mark. Obviously you need to make sure your dipstick is making it all the way down into the pan.

I think the dipstick was never calibrated right. I prefer the location on the pan that Aviad intended and not the stock location as it currently sits. I'm going to start all over....