[DeTomaso] 10 qt oil pan

Julian Kift julian_kift at hotmail.com
Tue Mar 6 11:32:15 EST 2012


Jeff,
 
IMO you are correct that the fill line on the dipstick doesn't change as it is relative to the internals. IIRC the discussion was that when full to the dipstick marker a 10 qt pan doesn't hold 10 qts, more like 9 qts.
 
Julian
 

> From: jjdetrich at gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 10:19:18 -0600
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] 10 qt oil pan
> 
> Okay, here's a really dumb question. I'm changing the oil in my 10 qt oil
> pan and I got to thinking. Way back when, I seem to remember that
> you needed to adjust the length of your dipstick after adding the ten
> quarts to a 10 qt pan to get the right amount of oil in the pan. If this is
> so, it seems counter-intuitive to me. Wouldn't you want to add oil until it
> shows full on the *stock *dipstick because this is the correct fluid level
> measured relative to the inside mechanicals?
> 
> Jeff
> 6559
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