| Cashburn |
06-02-2011 09:26 PM |
427 (cubic inches) = 7.39393939 US quarts
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| pjmoore2003 |
06-03-2011 12:21 AM |
This thread scares me... sounds like an interesting story
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| Cashburn |
06-03-2011 05:19 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by pjmoore2003
(Post 1132540)
This thread scares me... sounds like an interesting story
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Does not relate to your car Phil... I thought about that later :JEKYLHYDE |
| DAVID GAGNARD |
06-03-2011 05:26 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cashburn
(Post 1132506)
Here's another way to ask it... Could you possibly overfill a small block ford by 7 quarts?
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Yes..........
Quote:
Does an 8 quart pan hold 15 quarts?
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probably.........
if you were to just keep adding oil to a small block ford engine, I'm guessing you could overfill it by 10 quarts, when you figure the total capacity of the pan and the capacity of the crankcase........maybe more, would it run? that's another question. I'm sure it would start and run for a while, blow by would probably be terrible....
David |
| Z-linkCobra |
06-03-2011 06:41 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by DAVID GAGNARD
(Post 1132552)
Yes..........
probably.........
if you were to just keep adding oil to a small block ford engine, I'm guessing you could overfill it by 10 quarts, when you figure the total capacity of the pan and the capacity of the crankcase........maybe more, would it run? that's another question. I'm sure it would start and run for a while, blow by would probably be terrible....
David
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Its not the blow by your worried about. Once the oil level gets high enough the crank starts running through the oil. When that happens you will loose oil pressure rather quickly because of all the air in the oil. |
| mreid |
06-03-2011 06:53 AM |
History has proven that people can do anything, regardless of how stupid or impossible it sounds, so yes you can. Sounds like someone's old eyes couldn't see the oil line on the dipstick and just kept adding, not even considering how foolish they were being.
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| vector1 |
06-03-2011 07:25 AM |
depends where you put the oil in, and wether the drain plug is in.... that ought to cover all bases.
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| madmaxx |
06-03-2011 07:29 AM |
now onto something important, if you have a Honda lawnmower make sure you check the leve with the dipstick sitting but not scrwed in or you will run it low on oil.
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| DucatiThunder |
06-03-2011 08:33 AM |
Off topic but saw someone overfill a 15,000 hp Man BW engine. Standing next to the crankcase doors you could hear the crank web slap through the oil. Made $10 Amsoil a quart look like a drop in a bucket. About 10 barrels to much. So Jay what's the backstory? Huh Huh?
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| Cashburn |
06-03-2011 09:42 AM |
I have to share once I have the time. It is a long one... but it gets more interesting when you only have a 12 quart case of oil, you fill a 9 quart system (that still had about 2 quarts in it after draining to install a temp sender in the pain and seal it) and when you are all done there are still 5 quarts in the case...
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| Trueoo7 |
06-03-2011 10:16 AM |
Why is that wrong... you used 7 Qts. to fill it (plus the 2 left in there) is 9. You should have 5 Qts. left from a 12 Qt case, unless to be sure, drop the pan and start from scratch.
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| Trueoo7 |
06-03-2011 12:40 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Trueoo7
(Post 1132599)
Why is that wrong... you used 7 Qts. to fill it (plus the 2 left in there) is 9. You should have 5 Qts. left from a 12 Qt case, unless to be sure, drop the pan and start from scratch.
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Nevermind just reread it and realized you had to drop the pan to drill it, therefore starting from scratch. |
| Cashburn |
06-03-2011 01:32 PM |
I will tell the tale once the customer is happily motoring along... until then we may have some new excitement. A hard lesson.
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