mine uses 17 qts
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Mountain Pass
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From: Southwest Ohio
mine uses 17 qts
i have a 2001 and was wandering how much oil does yours take. during a oil change i put about a qt in the oil filter and the 14 remaining in the engine fire it up let the presure build up turn it off and let it set for about 15-20 mins. then when i check it its at the 2qt low mark. after i put 2qts in start the truck and check it again its perfect. so i've just been putting 17qts in every oil change now. any of you seen or heard of that before. if not sucks for me for having to buy 2 extra qts at oil change time.lol
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Originally Posted by ron01sd
i have a 2001 and was wandering how much oil does yours take. during a oil change i put about a qt in the oil filter and the 14 remaining in the engine fire it up let the presure build up turn it off and let it set for about 15-20 mins. then when i check it its at the 2qt low mark. after i put 2qts in start the truck and check it again its perfect. so i've just been putting 17qts in every oil change now. any of you seen or heard of that before. if not sucks for me for having to buy 2 extra qts at oil change time.lol
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no im not the original owner ive had the truck for about 10,000 miles and it has just turned 153,000. when you say long crank how long is to long on these ps? even when its cold out it only turns over maybe 3-6 times then fires. to me that dont seem long. and is it going to hurt anything having the two extra qts in there even if the dipstick is wrong?
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You're better off being a little low than being high. It can cause seals to leak, and it'll burn it and soot up your valves. But the main thing that is bad about overfilling the crankcase is it can cause the oil to foam.
My '01 also takes just a hair over 14qts incl filter.
Austin
My '01 also takes just a hair over 14qts incl filter.
Austin
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From: Damon (South East Texas)
I put in 15 qts, including the filter. Just a "tad" over the full mark. Have not had any problems with this for 130k miles. Uses a qt/ 3k miles, but seems to be using less since the change to Rotella Synthetic.
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Originally Posted by AustinS
You're better off being a little low than being high. It can cause seals to leak, and it'll burn it and soot up your valves. But the main thing that is bad about overfilling the crankcase is it can cause the oil to foam.
My '01 also takes just a hair over 14qts incl filter.
Austin
My '01 also takes just a hair over 14qts incl filter.
Austin
3-6 roll overs before starting is good. A long time would be 10-20 seconds of the starter grinding.
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From: Ardenvoir, Washington
As a further check.. maybe someone with a 01 (who uses 15 qts with filter, which is normal) can measure their dip stick length to compare... I agree, it sounds like we talking different lengths here..
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From: Ardenvoir, Washington
Originally Posted by whjco
My 2000's dipstick is exactly 37 3/4" from the rubber bumper at the base of the handle to the end of the stick. It should be the same as the 2001 7.3.