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Apr 19, 2002 | 05:06 PM

herunar

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302 Oil Capacity

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.

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Apr 19, 2002 | 08:31 PM

StangMan

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302 Oil Capacity

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.

Apr 20, 2002 | 09:17 AM

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302 Oil Capacity

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.

Apr 21, 2002 | 09:12 PM

brown 4x4

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302 Oil Capacity

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

Apr 22, 2002 | 12:26 PM

tjsadler

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302 Oil Capacity

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.

Apr 22, 2002 | 12:59 PM

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302 Oil Capacity

Look it up in your Haynes Repair manual, every gearhead needs one of those anyway.
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Apr 22, 2002 | 05:59 PM

brown 4x4

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302 Oil Capacity

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