How much oil for my stang?

[bhuff30]

I've never lifted the car into the air to change the oil, and I would certainly never use ramps. They just look scary compared to a set of sturdy and well placed jack stands. I've never had a problem leaving the car on the ground and using extensions to access the drain plug and crawling under just the nose to get to the filter.

My 97 takes 6 quarts and states that in the manual. After adding 6 quarts, and starting the engine to fill the oil filter, the dipstick reads correctly. Always remember to run the engine a little to fill the new oil filter before checking the dipstick.

As for mixing synthetic oils, what do you think the blends that are commonly sold are? They are just that, a mix of conventional and synthetic. You shouldn't need to mix weights, but if you do on accident, it shouldn't be a problem, so long as both are close enough to the specified weight.

 

[2003_GT]

I do 5 qts and a can of engine restore.

Does the engine restore do really work???

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

The more we post wrong info the worse this problem is going to be. If you know how much your car takes, post up. But please don't say 2v's take this, all of them take this ect...

Mine takes 6

 

[squeak93]

My 98 take 5. My old 04 took almost 6 ( I left it a bit lower on purpose).

 

[248a]

My 1996 2V takes 6.

I always fill the filter before I put it on the car and I've been running a mix of synthetic and conventional since I got the car, and every filter on my car is a Fram, which makes every mustang guy cringe for whatever reason. It has 167,xxx miles and gets WOT to 5k through 1st and 2nd every other day. Trust me, It'll be fine as long as you don't under or overfill it.

My advice is to put in 5 quarts, check your dipstick and adjust accordingly.

also +1 on everyone that said to buy a floor jack and jack stands. There's always a decent set of the GM Goodwrench brand there, I got a 2 1/2 ton floor jack for like $30...

 

[streethorse]

I use the 2 jack, 2 stand method.... makes tire rotation, oil change etc
fast and easy......

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[Jinx]

2003 GT, 6 quarts every time (with filter change)

 

[mikeyskd]

Oil

I'm experiencing about 5 3/4 to 6 quarts during an oil change. So far I have about 140k on my car and it runs strong. I seem to have to monitor the oil every two weeks since it is seems as some oil is being burned.

Mike

 

[BurningRubber]

Does the engine restore do really work???

No it does not. It's "snake oil" and claims to be the miracle in a can product, but it is not. I would NOT run 1 quart of Restore in place of 1 quart of oil. It is thinner than oil and I don't trust that.

I tried Restore on an older beater truck I had because I was curious aswell. It had 14xxxx on it and smoked like a chimney, lots of ticks from the valvetrain (lovely Mitsubishi motor). Restore did nothing but make the oil thin and easier to slip past the rings and get burnt up.

 

[JayC]

Here's some good info from a former Ford tech, now a well known modular engine builder. After reading this I started running 7 quarts with no problems.

"When at Ford, we ran with clear pans, windowed front covers and cam covers. The oil under high rpms gets slowed in the heads, the front cover and the front of the oil pan.

Front cover?? Oil pan??

As the chain drives the cam system, the oil is trying to get down thru the cover area. Also the area around the front of the pan shares space with the oil pump and pickup tube. Oil is trying to get back to the pan and everything is in the way.

The drain back holes are the same between 2v, 3v and 4v.

Ford conducts a WOT test for 100's of hours.

On the street you don't see consistent 6,500+ runs. On the track, I suggest you add 1 qt. Adding 1 qt does not over fill the pan to the point that the crank or rods run thru it. When at idle, you're 2 qts low anyways."

 

[evil281]

5 quarts with filter change

 

[04GT]

I use the 2 jack, 2 stand method.... makes tire rotation, oil change etc
fast and easy......

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Mine has always taken 6 qts.

Anybody else think it's nuts to crawl under a car suspended on two jacks?

What do jack stands cost, like $5 each?

 

[04GreyGtUSAF]

I know my Manual calls for 6 qts if your doing a filter change also. I like to run 5 1/2 and leave the other 1/2 in the trunk just in case. And always runnin the motorcraft filter.

 

[BurningRubber]

I usually add an extra half quart or so in addition to what is called for.

Sometimes I get a wild hair and REALLY run the car hard and every time I do I think about all the oil being on the top end.