Engine oil capacity
Discussion
Just a quickie!
How much oil does your engine hold? The 350i handbook for my car said that the sump capacity was 4.5 litres, and I would hazard a guess that the oil filter held a further 0.5 litres.
When I changed the oil at the weekend a good 7 litres went in before the thing was full. In fact, after 5.5 litres it hadn't even started to register on the dipstick.
Does everyone else have to put this much oil into their car?
How much oil does your engine hold? The 350i handbook for my car said that the sump capacity was 4.5 litres, and I would hazard a guess that the oil filter held a further 0.5 litres.
When I changed the oil at the weekend a good 7 litres went in before the thing was full. In fact, after 5.5 litres it hadn't even started to register on the dipstick.
Does everyone else have to put this much oil into their car?
No oil cooler as far as I know. Have just replaced the rad and didn't see anything that looks like a cooler, so I guess it doesn't have one.
Just seemed a big difference between what the manual says and what it actually holds. I was a bit worried that the dipstick was located wrongly and that it was giving a false reading.
According to the Range Rover Haynes manual, the sump and oil filter combined should hold just over 5.5 litres. Perhaps TVR fitted a larger sump or the vitesse engine is slightly different.
Just seemed a big difference between what the manual says and what it actually holds. I was a bit worried that the dipstick was located wrongly and that it was giving a false reading.
According to the Range Rover Haynes manual, the sump and oil filter combined should hold just over 5.5 litres. Perhaps TVR fitted a larger sump or the vitesse engine is slightly different.
Just a quickie!
How much oil does your engine hold? The 350i handbook for my car said that the sump capacity was 4.5 litres, and I would hazard a guess that the oil filter held a further 0.5 litres.
When I changed the oil at the weekend a good 7 litres went in before the thing was full. In fact, after 5.5 litres it hadn't even started to register on the dipstick.
Does everyone else have to put this much oil into their car?
It can take a few minutes before it registers on the dip stick. This makes it easy to overfill. Might be worth chceking that this is not the case.
There is also a wide variation in sump design and capacity.
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
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