discrepancy between ellory guide and owners manual

[bunja]

Hello all,
I was using the Max ellory guide for maintenance on my 3B. It states that you should use about 8qts of oil for a change, but the engine manual states that it should take about 6.5 qts. I am wondering if the 8qts that ellory is stating for a 2H engine and not for the 3B ,13B-T like it is saying.

Any input?
Thanks

 

[bigbrowndog]

The 2H takes 10.7 liters /11.3 quarts[u.s.] when the filter is changed and 9.1 liters/9.6quarts [U.S.] without oil filter change. cheers

 

[bunja]

Thanks,
Browndog, I suppose I should say this is simply oil change volumes, not with a filter change.

 

[Tapage]

I always buy 11 with new filter ..

 

[cruiser_guy]

A 3B is about 6.5 - 7 quarts. A dry fill might be 8 quarts.

 

[bunja]

Thanks

Thanks guys,
I thought that the owners manual was correct. I found it interesting that the ellory guide was incorrect.

 

[UpsideDown]

my 3B would always take about 7.5 Litres... or about 8 Qts.

 

[cruiser_guy]

my 3B would always take about 7.5 Litres... or about 8 Qts.

Liters are SMALLER than quarts!

 

[Alaska Ranger]

Liters ARE smaller than quarts......Imperial quarts, that is - what you use...or used to use...in Canada. They are LARGER than US quarts.


Gawd, I hate anything non-metric!

 

[bunja]

Liters ARE smaller than quarts......Imperial quarts, that is - what you use...or used to use...in Canada. They are LARGER than US quarts.


Gawd, I hate anything non-metric!

Agreed,
I use the metric system constantly at work, I usually like systems that are based on some sort of logic. But, I have to give it to the guy that devised the english system, he could pull a lot of numbers out of his ass. Anyway, even england stopped using it.

 

[lowenbrau]

That's not the only mistake you'll find in the Ellery book. Buy the Factory manual.

 

[sandcruiser]

so what' with the imperial stuff?

I mean, is it just that Canada, being so incredibly large, needed something that fits better?

 

[cruiser_guy]

so what' with the imperial stuff?

I mean, is it just that Canada, being so incredibly large, needed something that fits better?

US and British measurements are different. In Canada we use the metric system now. What I want to know is why is Central America, which is all metric, selling gasoline and diesel by the "galones"?

 

[bigbrowndog]

That's not the only mistake you'll find in the Ellery book. Buy the Factory manual.

X22 LOL They are crap, I was just going through one last night for a Nissan Pulsar.
Not a patch on a Gregory's and certainly nothing like the one Mr T writes.

 

[UpsideDown]

my 3B would always take about 7.5 Litres... or about 8 Qts.

for some stupid reason, we're sold stuff with US quarts when it's oil in jugs, or coolant for that matter. 3.78L = 4US quarts.

 

[M John Galt]

[SIZE=-1]The Imperial gallon was based on the volume of 10 lb of distilled water weighed in air. It takes 1 BTU to raise 1 pound of water 1 degree F. Imperial gallons made integer calculations in the head way easier when designing heat transfer systems. There's nothing like it in the metric system. A Farenheit degree is smaller than a Celcius degree, and quick integer calculations are inherently more precise; it's also the smallest temperature difference most humans can detect. The Imperial system is more ergonomic.
The metric system can be more precise in some cases, but that doesn't necessarily make it more accurate.
I use both in my work, depending on which is best for the situation at hand. For me it's no different than switching from my LHD F-150 to my RHD Landcruiser.
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[roscoFJ73]

X22 LOL They are crap, I was just going through one last night for a Nissan Pulsar.
Not a patch on a Gregory's and certainly nothing like the one Mr T writes.

Amen, Ellery's is the only one that makes a manual for my Volvo and I dread using it.
The Ellery's landcruiser manual try to cram about 25 models into one book. and sooner or later the errors come to the surface.