Amount of oil remaining in the engine

[Synchro909]

Originally Posted by klawockvet

Wikapedia is your friend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compar...rement_systems


Now you know.

That certainly shows how complicated having two imperial systems has made things!
Oh how simple things would be if we all used metric (just ask NASA!).

[mike657894]

I thought the accepted amount was 1/2 a qaurt(32oz/.946 liters) or 16ish ounces near to a half a liter. How did rotating the engine get more oil out of the plug? I was expecting you to have pulled the pan and poured the excess into a measure.

[1crosscut]

Originally Posted by mike657894

I thought the accepted amount was 1/2 a qaurt(32oz/.946 liters) or 16ish ounces near to a half a liter. How did rotating the engine get more oil out of the plug? I was expecting you to have pulled the pan and poured the excess into a measure.

I rotated the entire engine while it was on the engine stand not just the crank shaft.

[Werner]

Originally Posted by Synchro909

That certainly shows how complicated having two imperial systems has made things!
Oh how simple things would be if we all used metric (just ask NASA!).

Yes, the non-metric system has many disadvantages!

Machines that are manufactured for the USA or sold to Europe from there require different manufacturing machines and other tools. This makes these devices very expensive.

There have also been serious accidents. A Boeing crashed in the USA because gallons were mistaken for liters when checking fuel.

The first Ariane 4 had to be blown up because metric and non-metric values ​​were incorrectly implemented in the flight control system.

Another major confusion is that the USA not only uses inches for thread of screws, but also use other flank angles. An English inch screw does not fit on an American nut!


But we stray away from the topic. I am not entitled to politicize here.