[DeTomaso] 10 qt oil pan capacity

Guido deTomaso guido_detomaso at prodigy.net
Fri Mar 9 22:24:32 EST 2012


" I was passing another car at the time "

Bet they've got a story to tell now.

But the only apples to apples comparison would be the capacity at a known level 
below the pan rail.  I'd run the experiment myself, but I don't have a spare 
stock pan nor a 10qt pan:  Put 5 qts in the stock pan with the pan rail surface 
level, measure how far below that surface the level of the fluid is.  Fill the 
"10qt" pan to that same level, measure how much that takes.

Or keep the discussion going on and on.

GD

 



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From: "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: kirby.schrader at gmail.com
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Thu, March 8, 2012 10:22:02 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 10 qt oil pan capacity


In a message dated 3/8/12 5 52 6, kirby.schrader at gmail.com writes:


> I hate to ask the obvious here.... but was your oil pressure gauge not 
> working?
> 

It worked fine.  I had perfectly good oil pressure and temperature 
indications for the first hour or so of the drive.  I never got above 2500 rpm, 
as 

we were just plonking along a twisty road and looking at the stars.  At 
2000-2500 rpm, the oil pump was turning slowly enough that the low amount of 
oil would continue to feed it.  But when I romped on it for the first time 
that night, the engine (and the pump) sped up, and sucked the pan dry, 
starving the bearings (I'm guessing).

The total time from flooring the pedal to bangbangbangBANGBANGBANG was 
about three or four seconds, and I was passing another car at the time, so 
paying attention to what was happening outside the windshield, not the oil 
pressure gauge.

Mike (still bummed...)
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