oil problem???

[seekjohn]

i did an oil change on my 99 v6 in my driveway and i put in 4.7 litres of mobil 1 along with a fram double guard oil filter. when i started the car and levelled it out on a flat surface, the oil read as barely on the dipstick. i ended up adding at least a litre to it, just to get it 3/4 of the way up the stick. anyone know why so much oil read so low on the dipstick

 

[szer0]

Well I don't work in liters (I wish I did, metric is much better), but I know the V6 Mustang takes 5 quarts of oil, which means 4.7 liters should have been plenty. (Don't want to overfill). I really have no idea , but I think it may be a bad thing that you put another liter.

 

[v6asian]

normal for high mileage cars, always put extra

 

[SpectorV]

so extra milage cars have larger oil pans? hum.... lol

i have read that someone seen that the v6 takes 5.5 quarts of oil. I alwasy put 5 quarts and it reads just fine, same with what ford puts in it 5 quarts. I also use mobil 1, just buy 5 quarts and poor it in adn be done with it. I would also just use a ford filter those fram are supposed to be POS.

 

[v6asian]

....wear and tear, needs extra oil ...

 

[ChrisYellowV6]

it does take 5.5 quarts to be up to the full line.

 

[szer0]

so extra milage cars have larger oil pans? hum.... lol

i have read that someone seen that the v6 takes 5.5 quarts of oil. I alwasy put 5 quarts and it reads just fine, same with what ford puts in it 5 quarts. I also use mobil 1, just buy 5 quarts and poor it in adn be done with it. I would also just use a ford filter those fram are supposed to be POS.

5.5 is the full capacity but you don't really want to fill it all the way.

 

[SpectorV]

just because it has wear and tear in no way means it takes more than 5 quarts to fill it up.... thats just stupid, it might need a thicker oil, or use oil but the oil pan does not get bigger when the car gets higher miles.....

 

[Lynx331]

just because it has wear and tear in no way means it takes more than 5 quarts to fill it up.... thats just stupid, it might need a thicker oil, or use oil but the oil pan does not get bigger when the car gets higher miles.....

nicely put. Thats hilarious... lol. I've got 90k on mine, maybe i can fit 6 quarts in now.... lol On a higher mileage vehicle, you may need to add oil frequently, but you should NEVER have to put extra in when your doing an oil change, every few weeks u made need some but yea, not when u change the oil.

 

[SpectorV]

i read a thread about a guy that filled his car up with oil until it came out the valve cover, his car didnt last to long....