08-24-2005, 05:57 PM
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Re: How much oil do you add when you change your oil and filter?
I put 4.4L in because that's what comes in the big jug. And then I fill as needed.
So I guess that's 3.9 quarts. This always shows 3/4 on the dipstick...
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08-24-2005, 07:38 PM
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#62
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Re: Re: Re: Re: How much oil do you add when you change your oil and filter?
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Originally Posted by Bruski
I have a '95 "W" and just changed my oil yesterday. I have always put 4 quarts in. Have to check it to see if it needs a little more.
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I'll save you the time.
4.5 quarts.
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08-24-2005, 10:18 PM
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Re: How much oil do you add when you change your oil and filter?
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Originally Posted by BlazerBoyLT98
Sorry about that BlazerLT.
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Sorry about that BlazerLT,next time blazerboy and i will include you.
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http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=890449
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08-25-2005, 12:18 AM
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Re: How much oil do you add when you change your oil and filter?
Does everybody else here fill the oil filter with oil before screwing it on like I do?
Just wondering.
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08-25-2005, 03:20 AM
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Re: Re: How much oil do you add when you change your oil and filter?
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Originally Posted by MRogers
Does everybody else here fill the oil filter with oil before screwing it on like I do?
Just wondering.
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yes, and if anyone says no, start, you are suppose to prime them
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08-25-2005, 08:59 AM
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With the remote oil filter it is kind of hard to do that because it screws on sideways, I always make sure the gaskets are lubed with oil but I have yet to pour oil into the filter on my 98 with the remote oil filter. Am I doing something wrong?
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08-25-2005, 09:20 AM
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Re: Re: How much oil do you add when you change your oil and filter?
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Originally Posted by MRogers
Does everybody else here fill the oil filter with oil before screwing it on like I do?
Just wondering.
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Always!
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The remote oil filter it is kind of hard to do that because it screws on sideways, I always make sure the gaskets are lubed with oil but I have yet to pour oil into the filter on my 98 with the remote oil filter. Am I doing something wrong?
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It needn't full to the top - pour a bit in at a time and let it saturate the paper. I tend to get it to about half and then have no problem installing it.
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08-25-2005, 10:12 AM
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I will now do that. Thanks
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08-25-2005, 01:09 PM
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Re: How much oil do you add when you change your oil and filter?
You really can't prime a side mounted oil filter.
All you will accomplish is making a mess.
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09-21-2005, 08:12 PM
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I got a W vin number and put 5 qt in, the dip stick shows i put too much its above the line, but then again when i put 4.5 quart in it was below the line.
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09-21-2005, 08:57 PM
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Re: How much oil do you add when you change your oil and filter?
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Originally Posted by foon
I got a W vin number and put 5 qt in, the dip stick shows i put too much its above the line, but then again when i put 4.5 quart in it was below the line.
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Yes, 4.5qts will have the level ready a little below the full mark which is perfectly right.
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09-22-2005, 11:30 AM
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2000 overfill
5 quarts in my 2000 makes the diptick read overfull by a significant amount. I also notice valve train noise when dipstick reads overfull.
I now ask the shop to put in 4 of the quarts and leave the 5th in the vehicle for me.
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09-23-2005, 12:49 PM
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Re: 2000 overfill
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Originally Posted by Phillip Cross
5 quarts in my 2000 makes the diptick read overfull by a significant amount. I also notice valve train noise when dipstick reads overfull.
I now ask the shop to put in 4 of the quarts and leave the 5th in the vehicle for me.
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I suggest you add 5 quarts yourself.
Something is wrong with the shops meter on their oil dispenser.
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09-24-2005, 01:19 AM
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I put in 4.3L. Ha! j/k I put in 4.314159265358979323846264 Qts. sorry, j/k again. No, but really I put in 4.75 Qts. Crankcase and filter. I noticed that when I first got my Blazer, it had a longer AC Delco filter. Like a 4wd filter. I've always used the smaller 2wd ones, for my 2wd Blazer. Is there a snificant difference? (In filtration and in oil capacity?)
By-the-way: Is there usually that much 'empty-space' in your year'o'blazer's engine compartment S10Blazerman?
Computers prefer 2WD. how do I know? because "2" is closer to "W" and "D" than "4"
Made you look, didn't I...
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09-27-2005, 07:23 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Re: How much oil do you add when you change your oil and filter?
I just changed mine this weekend.
The monkey at the local Murrays said 5.5qts.
So I buy 6 and put in 4 to about 3/4 on the dipstick.
Thats with the engine at operating temps. Cause if I check it cold it will be lower.
And WTF is the dipstick for if it isnt to check the oil level???????????
I would like to know how you get every drop of oil out of the engine in order to put the exact amount of oil that the crankcase holds.
Just my 2 cents.
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