I'd ask this question over at the Mustang site, but it will only take about 5 minutes for a fistfight to break out....LOL...Every 4.6 I have owned is 6 qts. with filter. I picked up a 2000 Mustang GT and it says 5 qts. with filter. Book says that...plus 5w-30. Info. centers...like at Wal-Mart...say 5w-20?? Please....not intended to be an oil thread...just seems odd on that 5 quart thing....?

Thanks...Jeff

 

See capacity and specifications in your owner's manual for the amount of oil needed. Use the dipstick to adjust as needed.

Ford replaced the 5W30 spec with 5W20 for most of their engines after your vehicle was made (2002). See TSB 02-1-9.

 

Might just be a different oil pan in the cars vs the trucks.

 

Yep...I have the original owners manuel and it says 5 qts. with filter.....5w-30. That's what I will do....just thought I would toss it out cause it seemed kind of odd. I bought the car and just drove it home and put it away till spring. I'll change oil right away at that time. My 97 Gt was 6 qts. Must be something different on a 2000.... shallow pan maybe....dunno'.... Thank you for the reply.

Jeff

 

The books have been known to have typo's, that would be the first modular I have seen that takes 5. I'd definitely check the stick after you put 5 in and it settles.

 

my 01 gt takes 5 quarts my 99 f-150 5.4 takes 6 quarts. gt says 5-20 on oil cap but i run 10w-30 in both so i don't have to have to differant oils. just me but to hot in alabama for 5-20 hope this helps!

 

LOL......I bounced around on the net, and as usual you find one guy who says the pans on a truck and a car were different in 99 and half of 01 with the Mustang Gt's getting a smaller pan..... which makes sense. But then you get 10 other people that say they use anywhere from 6-7.5 qts. in there 2000 Mustang GT and only an "idiot" would "starve" the engine with 5 qts. My owners book in the glovebox says 5qts. of 5-30......that's what the girl will get....I wonder what kind of oil I should use....( JUST KIDDING)....

Jeff..

 

My owners book in the glovebox says 5qts. of 5-30......that's what the girl will get....

The owner's manual in my 2003 F150 which I purchased new also says 5 quarts.

However, if I did that, I would be almost 2 quarts low as a refill takes 6.8 quarts to put it right at the full mark on the dipstick.

I do changes at 5000 miles and have 134000 miles with no problems, no leaks, no oil consumption between changes.

I've always gone by what the dipstick says.