Got my oil changed and with the filter it took 6.5 qts doesnt sound right......someone clue me in.
Oil shows full on 6.5 qts? Is that right (1 Viewer)
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should be about 8.5
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hmmmmm thats what i thought but the dipstick shows full.
Dented or after market oil pan?
Don't overfill!
Did you run the engine a little to fill the oil canister and then let it settle? (Depending on which engine and setup you have, this can effect you by about a quart).
Did you run the engine a little to fill the oil canister and then let it settle? (Depending on which engine and setup you have, this can effect you by about a quart).
Did you change the filter?
If you changed the filter, did you use the small one or the big one?
Do you have an early F or a 2F with the oil cooler?
If you changed the filter, did you use the small one or the big one?
Do you have an early F or a 2F with the oil cooler?
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F with just a fram filter ph8a and dunno pressure is showing good........
JohnnyC
Long ago TLCA# 2231
did you change the oil when it was warmed up...or with a cold engine?
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warmed up/
Post up a picture of your dipstick and how it is seated into the guide tube on the side of the engine block.
Also, on the dipstick, it should have a part number on the end that is in the engine oil. What is that part number?
Also, on the dipstick, it should have a part number on the end that is in the engine oil. What is that part number?
DIPSTICK-
1958-1/72
1/72-9/77
Looks like there are two different dipsticks for F engines.
Also, if you have a remote spin on oil filter bracketed to the fender (po mod), a spinon that sits pointed down mounted to the manifold, a cannister/element oil filter bracketed to the intake manifold or the open-side down filter that sits on the p/s block, you will affect the amount to fill to a given fill line.
I've had all setups at one time in my F engines.
1958-1/72
1/72-9/77
Looks like there are two different dipsticks for F engines.
Also, if you have a remote spin on oil filter bracketed to the fender (po mod), a spinon that sits pointed down mounted to the manifold, a cannister/element oil filter bracketed to the intake manifold or the open-side down filter that sits on the p/s block, you will affect the amount to fill to a given fill line.
I've had all setups at one time in my F engines.
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Dirt Bomb
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About 5 years ago I assembled a 2f engine out of 2 different engines
and replaced the f in my 65 fj45lv. About a month or 2 ago I changed
the oil and it read full at 6 quarts. I remembered reading on mud that
it should take about 8 quarts so I started comparing with another
2f. The dipsticks looked to be the same length but the tube it goes
into was about 1 inch shorter on the pieced together engine. I added
2 more quarts and the level came up to read about 1 inch above full.
I guess you can run these engines a couple of quarts low for a while
but of course I don't recommend it.
and replaced the f in my 65 fj45lv. About a month or 2 ago I changed
the oil and it read full at 6 quarts. I remembered reading on mud that
it should take about 8 quarts so I started comparing with another
2f. The dipsticks looked to be the same length but the tube it goes
into was about 1 inch shorter on the pieced together engine. I added
2 more quarts and the level came up to read about 1 inch above full.
I guess you can run these engines a couple of quarts low for a while
but of course I don't recommend it.
rusty_tlc
Dain Bramaged Member
I'm pretty sure you can drive them low on oil for a long time with no damage. As long as you can't hear the lifters you are okay, not that I would ever let my truck get low on oil.
fj40 oil pan ...
comes in two types, both for the f engine, as i know them. one way to tell is to look at the bottom of the oil pan, if the lower lobe is about half of the bottom, then less than 8 quarts, if the oil pan looks big most of the way across the bottom, then you have a 8 plus quart capacity.
either way, like the other guy said, if the dip stick says full, then stop.
since you appear to have a fj40-77 with f engine, and 8 minus, i'd suspect that you have the lower capacity oil pan. Post up a picture...
comes in two types, both for the f engine, as i know them. one way to tell is to look at the bottom of the oil pan, if the lower lobe is about half of the bottom, then less than 8 quarts, if the oil pan looks big most of the way across the bottom, then you have a 8 plus quart capacity.
either way, like the other guy said, if the dip stick says full, then stop.
since you appear to have a fj40-77 with f engine, and 8 minus, i'd suspect that you have the lower capacity oil pan. Post up a picture...
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the FJ is tore down at the moment lol stupid intake gasket I will get a pic of it this week sometime.
