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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 04:22 AM
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How much oil

How much oil does it take to fill your trucks engine, mine takes about 7 liters, thats just over 7 quarts, is that stock, my Haynes manual says I should only be using 5 liters. I also have an engine oil cooler on the truck it was there when I bought it. Is that stock for an F150, I am from Canada and so is the truck anybody's opinion would be great
 
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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 04:23 AM
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Oh yea my truck is an 1997 model
 
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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 05:44 AM
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7 should be okay with the oil cooler.

-6 qts with a filter change is acceptable
-6 1/2 qts with filter is full
-7 qts with filter is max according to Ford spec book
 
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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 06:24 AM
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Thanks for the info AjRango
 
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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 12:02 PM
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2003, my manual says 6 quart capacity. hmm.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 12:09 PM
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Geez I use between 5 and 6 normally.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 02:21 PM
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does anybody know if the oil cooler is stock or if it was an add on maybe thats the reason I use more oil in my truck,
 
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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 02:23 PM
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honestly no idea.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 02:24 PM
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I just changed my oil 2 days ago. I used 6 1/2 quarts which filled it perfectly.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 02:45 PM
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Oil cooler? Do you have an auto trans? Are you sure it's not a tranny cooler. You mean the small radiator mounted in front of your large radiator? That's your tranny cooler.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 03:19 PM
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No my truck is a five speed manual, its got a cooler infront of the rad could it be for the A/C? from the threads so far I dont use too much more oil than anybody else.
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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 03:35 PM
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It's a tranny cooler......i'm 99.9999999999% sure it is.

(i have to leave a little room for error you know : )

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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 03:41 PM
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It's cant be for the tranny, unless, ford started putting tranny coolers, on manual trannies, aswell as autos.
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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 03:43 PM
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Well, one way to find out, crawl underneath and look, or call the Dealer. I'm pretty certain they don't put oil coolers on cars. Motorcycles yes, but cars no. I'm pretty certain it's a tranny cooler, auto or manual, when your towing that fluid can still get hot.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2003 | 03:51 PM
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I will do that I get back home next sunday, I'm away on Vacation visting friends in Brussels.
 
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