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Old Apr 17, 2010 | 11:12 PM
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Does anyone know how many quarts of oil go in a flathead 8 is it 5 or 6 with the filter changed too.
 
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My Operator Manual says that the oil pan capacity is 5 quarts.

If you change your oil and the filter, put 5 quarts in it, run it and check the level if it's low, add some!

Here a good site you might be interested in looking through:

Techno Source for the 1932 thru 1953 Flathead Ford
 
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Thanks for the feedback Julies
 
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Fill the filter(as much as possible) before you install it!!!
 
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Oil change went ok with still 40# of pressure. Makes me feel like a king when things work out the way they a intended to.
 
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