Re: Oil

Posted by PackardV8 On 2010/4/4 6:28:59

IIRC mine took a little more than 5 qt's. when i was using oem oil pan.

Make sure the dip stick is going all the way down to the collar near the finger loop. Make sure the collar has not slipped down on the stick. On my 56 Executive the oil pump float interfered with the end of the dip stick when fully inserted. I had to cut about 1/2 inch from bottom of dip stick to keep it from chafing the float.

Also check the dip stick tube to be sure it is screwed all of the way into the flange on the side of the pan.

Measuer the dip stick from collar to the full mark on the dip stick. Measure length of dip stick from collar to lower tip of dip stick. Report back the measurements.

Mite also measure the length of the dip stick tube from oil pan flange to top of tube.

For now just go ahead and fill the engine until it shows at the full mark. In the meanwhile we will analyze the measurements when u get time to make them.

Note that the dip stick TUBE is nothing more than a piece of 1/4 inch pipe with a pipe thread on the end. So it is possible that maybe someone replaced it with a piece of standard 1/4 water pipe at one time and got it too long.

Possible that the tube flange in side of pan may have broken out at one time was incorrectly replaced. The flange is just sweated to the pan. Maybe have the wrong dip stick that was replaced from another car. Without measurements it's difficult to diagnose.