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How many of you put a full 5 quarts of oil in your Model A when you do an oil change?
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I would put the oil level back to where you ran it before you drained it .
On your dip stick . Most engines like 4 qts. with change , 5 will make it leak on most engines . |
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First time 5 quarts.
Second & subsequent times 4 quarts to 4-1/2 quarts. Always check oil level "before" starting engine, when oil is cold. After engine & oil is warm, oil is sprayed all over; hence oil level will appear about a quart low. This trick was used at all gas stations years ago to sell a quart of oil -- with warm engine, show customer dip stick registering (1) quart low -- however, if engine were to cool down, & oil were to drip back in oil pan, oil level on dip stick would be normal. |
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With side cover off, has anyone observed how long it takes for the oil tray to drain completely? Probably doesn't hold a LOT of oil that would greatly effect the "stick" reading.
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I put in a little over 4 qt's on oil ch.... which brings it up to 4 1/2 on my dip stick.
Never to the full mark.
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With the cover off, the maybe 1/4 quart residual behind the dams will drain out in a few hours through the main and camshaft oil tubes.
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So when i pull my dip stick out i want the oil to be half way between full and low?
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make sure you check on level surface Last edited by Mitch//pa; 04-18-2013 at 04:15 PM. |
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I put a full flow oil filter on my '29 a while back. The motor was not dry but had been run some. Unfortunately I can not remember exactly how much I added, but I think it was around 5 qts., plus a can of STP and some ZDDP additive. For a while the dip stick read high. Now it is right
on the money with only some small leakage. I don't go by mileage on my oil changes. As long as it looks clean (filters are a neat idea!) I keep running it. ![]() Bob-A ![]() |
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As a pilot who always checked my oil levels during the preflight check and soon found out the a Lycoming H2AD engine will leak out the last qt in, and all over the lower front of the plane's hull! So we ran them 1 qt low with no problems. However, The Mod. A engine has a dipper tray which I regard as very important to the engine's proper lubrication. The Lycoming could get you home with only 1 1/2 qts in the crankcase. I wouldn't try that with a Mod.A or any other engine that uses a dipper system. Just my $.02!
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I'd rather run my banger on a quart an' a half than a Lyc. We have several Continentals, and Lycomings, and they run @ 9-12 qts. We keep 'em @ 10 on the stick. (at 12 you'll blow out that last quart!)
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I have found if you put in 5 qts eventually 1/2 qt will leak out.
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I like to keep the oil between the full and low mark.
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