i am doing a service on a friend of mines vehicle. i am trying to find out how many quarts of oil a 302 takes. thanks.

herunar

 

Which vehicle? My 5.0L Mustang takes 5 quarts, my friend's GT takes 7 quarts with an aftermarket pan, and my g/f's dad's '87 F150 takes, I think, 6 quarts.

 

The 302 found in Broncos&pickups takes 5 quarts of oil if you don't change the oil filter.If you change the filter,too(which is always a wise idea...)then the refill capacity for the 302 is 6 quarts of oil.My Bronco has an aftermarket oilpan on it,so it takes 7 quarts with a filter change.I'd check to see if your friend's 302 has the stock pan on it,or an aftermarket one.

 

I was intending to ask this question too. I always thought it was 6 with the filter, but when I changed mine, I put 6 in with a filter and it showed one quart over (yes I did start it to fill the filter). Is my truck a 5 quart oddball? wrong dipstick?

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[font color="green"]1995 F-150 Supercab XLT longbed 4x4 302 M5OD [/font]31x10.50's
[font color="green"]1986 F-150 4x4 300 I6 NP435 [/font]Warn hubs, DeeZee bed caps, '96 XLT bench seat, new paint job

 

My 94 302 owners manual states that the capacity is 5 qts. I have only changed once so far, oil and filter, and used the 5qt bottle of Mobil 1. Ran it for a few minutes and then let it set for a few. Exactly full. I don't think there is any way the filter is going to hold a quart by itself.

 

Look it up in your Haynes Repair manual, every gearhead needs one of those anyway.
The TorqueKing

 

Haynes manual says 6, owners manual says 5 plus 1 for the filter. I get 5 with the filter. Says the same things for my '86, and it takes 6.

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[font color="green"]1995 F-150 Supercab XLT longbed 4x4 302 M5OD [/font]31x10.50's
[font color="green"]1986 F-150 4x4 300 I6 NP435 [/font]Warn hubs, DeeZee bed caps, '96 XLT bench seat, new paint job

 

 

65 289 5 qt,69 351 5qt, 70 302 5 qt, 70 390 5 qt, all with stock pan.

 

Every time I change my oil, I put in 6 quarts and it reads half full. Interestingly, a day or two later, it'll read where it says: add one quart???

 

My 1980 302 truck pan took 5 with filter. The 351w I've got still takes 5 with filter.

 

My 79 F100 302 takes 5 1/2 quarts go figure