Oil Capacity?
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Ford shop manuals also list 6 quarts as the capacity.
Many trucks with rear-sump oil pans used van dip sticks, so the dip stick may be inaccurate.
The van dip stick in my truck was off by about a quart (took 7 quarts to read "full"). I cut a notch in my dip stick to indicate the correct level at 6 quarts.
Overfilling the oil pan is bad for your engine. It increases windage (oil picked up by the crankshaft from the pan, which increases stress on the main bearings). In fact, Ford considers overfilling the oil as grounds for voiding the warranty on their newer engines.
Many trucks with rear-sump oil pans used van dip sticks, so the dip stick may be inaccurate.
The van dip stick in my truck was off by about a quart (took 7 quarts to read "full"). I cut a notch in my dip stick to indicate the correct level at 6 quarts.
Overfilling the oil pan is bad for your engine. It increases windage (oil picked up by the crankshaft from the pan, which increases stress on the main bearings). In fact, Ford considers overfilling the oil as grounds for voiding the warranty on their newer engines.
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how do we know for sure that this is the problem? Mine has been rebuilt, by who and when I'll never know. But I do not want to hurt the engine. Seven to many, six to less. I need to find me a good block and rebuild an engine myself. When you never meet the prior owner of a vehicle, and the engine has been rebuilt, its a nightmare!!! Soon I'll start a project! I need to send it off and have a cummins shoved down its throat.
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Bubba is right, if the crank is grabbing more oil cause its too full thats not good either. Guess all you can do is add the capacity and make new marks on the dipstick accordingly if they differ from factory
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I just looked into one of my reference books and I think it might have been a truck thing that Ford was doing. The 240 c.i. engine which was basically a car motor called for 5 quarts with the filter but the 300 c.i. six, the 302, 360, 390, 351M, and 400 take 6 with the filter. The 460 called for 7.
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