I did my did my 1st oil change on 04 5.4 F-150 yesterday. The manual calls for 7 quarts of oil with a filter change but when I pulled the dip stick it's over the fill mark. I searched through the archives here and someone mentioned using 6.5 quarts. On my 2002 F-150 I used 6 quarts and it was always between Min----Max on the stick.

Thanks!

 

It is 7 quarts. Did you start the engine and shut it off and wait 5 min.before checking it. If not it would show overfull because the filter would be empty.

Mike

 

Yes. I'll check it again when I get out to the parking lot this afternoon. It's been sitting all day so maybe it's settled down now.

Thanks for the 7 quart confirmation!

 

I would recomend about 6.5. I put 7 in mine and the oil level meter reads above middle.

 

I recheck my oil level again after it had been sitting a while. The confusing thing is my oil stick. Unlike the 02 F-150 that I had or my wife's 01 Expedition, my oil stick looks something like this....
oXXXXX| o
My oil level was right at the upper hole in the stick.

On the Expedition and in the 04 F-150 owners manual it looks something like this....
MIN oXXXXXXXo MAX

On the 01 Expedition and the 02 F-150 my oil level was always at the center of the XXXXXXX on the stick. On the 04 F-150 I was looking for the same thing only the X marks stop 1/4" before the upper hole in the stick and now the oil level is at the upper hole on the stick which I assume is the MAX.

Now the question is do you go with the recommended oil capacity of 7 quarts or do you use 6.5 so it's in the middle?

At this point I guess it really doesn't matter since it doesn't appear to be over the assumed MAX level on the stick.

Thanks!

 

according to my amsoil info the 04 5.4l should take 6qts with a filter change.