re: Oil level in a 2 Liter

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

At 3:51 PM 6/18/02, Tony Sims wrote:
>Andrew wrote:
>>This may be a silly question, but is has been bugging me so I
>>thought I would see what you guys have to Say.
>>I have a 73 Spider, and I noticed that when doing an oil change
>>the dipstick reads full after adding about 6.5
>>Quarts of oil. I have read that the sump capacity is 7.1 quarts.
>>My question is, should I fill it with 7.1 quarts
>>And consider that full or does the 7.1 figure include the oil on
>>the filter, and i should just go buy the dipstick.
>
>I've encountered the opposite situation on my 74 GTV.  I put about 7.33 quarts
>after the rebuild.  I checked it a couple times, and it was only about 1/3
>between "min" and "max" on the dipstick.  I checked the dipstick tube, and it
>seems fully seated against the fitting on the pan.  I added a bit more, now
>there's about 7.66 quarts in there and I'm still only up to half-way between
>min/max.  I'm calling it good, it's safely in the operating range and I don't
>want to overfill, but it does seem odd that there could be this much
>variance.
>
>Cheers,
>Tony
>Portland, OR
>74 GTV 2000
>70 2800CS

The oil pockets by the lifters hold a fair volume of oil, Tony.

(You said "after the rebuild", which leads me to wonder whether you
pre-filled those pockets before putting the cam cover on.)

Greg
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